RHEL 3 / 4 / 5 : expat (RHSA-2009:1625)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 43046
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.Description
Updated expat packages that fix two security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, and 5.This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.
Expat is a C library written by James Clark for parsing XML documents.
Two buffer over-read flaws were found in the way Expat handled malformed UTF-8 sequences when processing XML files. A specially crafted XML file could cause applications using Expat to crash while parsing the file. (CVE-2009-3560, CVE-2009-3720)
All expat users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues. After installing the updated packages, applications using the Expat library must be restarted for the update to take effect.
Solution
Update the affected expat and / or expat-devel packages.See Also
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2009-3560
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 43046
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2009-1625.nasl
Version: 1.28
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 12/8/2009
Updated: 1/14/2021
Dependencies: ssh_get_info.nasl
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.6
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5
Temporal Score: 3.7
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Temporal Vector: E:U/RL:OF/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:expat, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:expat-devel, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.8, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.4
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 12/7/2009
Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/3/2009
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2009-3560, CVE-2009-3720