RHEL 6 : xerces-j2 (RHSA-2011:0858)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 55012

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for xerces-j2.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2011:0858 advisory.

- xerces-j2, JDK: XML parsing Denial-Of-Service (6845701) (CVE-2009-2625)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the RHEL xerces-j2 package based on the guidance in RHSA-2011:0858.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 55012

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2011-0858.nasl

Version: 1.21

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 6/9/2011

Updated: 4/27/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.2

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2009-2625

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xerces-j2-javadoc-other, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xerces-j2-scripts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xerces-j2-demo, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xerces-j2-javadoc-impl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xerces-j2-javadoc-apis, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xerces-j2-javadoc-xni, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xerces-j2

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: 6/8/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/6/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-2625

BID: 35958

RHSA: 2011:0858

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