Oracle Linux 5 / 6 : xalan-j2 (ELSA-2014-0348)

high Nessus Plugin ID 73294

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 5 / 6 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2014-0348 advisory.

[0:2.7.0-9.9]
- Add patch to fix remote code execution vulnerability
- Resolves: CVE-2014-0107

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

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 affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 73294

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2014-0348.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Oracle Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 4/2/2014

Updated: 4/29/2025

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.8

Percentile: 22.22

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-0107

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Temporal Score: 6.4

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:6, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:xalan-j2, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:xalan-j2-demo, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:xalan-j2-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:xalan-j2-manual, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:xalan-j2-xsltc

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/OracleLinux, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/1/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/15/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-0107

BID: 66397

RHSA: 2014:0348

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