Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : xerces-j2 (ELSA-2014-1319)

high Nessus Plugin ID 77978

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

From Red Hat Security Advisory 2014:1319 :

Updated xerces-j2 packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Moderate security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section.

Apache Xerces for Java (Xerces-J) is a high performance, standards compliant, validating XML parser written in Java. The xerces-j2 packages provide Xerces-J version 2.

A resource consumption issue was found in the way Xerces-J handled XML declarations. A remote attacker could use an XML document with a specially crafted declaration using a long pseudo-attribute name that, when parsed by an application using Xerces-J, would cause that application to use an excessive amount of CPU. (CVE-2013-4002)

All xerces-j2 users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue. Applications using the Xerces-J must be restarted for this update to take effect.

Solution

Update the affected xerces-j2 packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 77978

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2014-1319.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Oracle Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 9/30/2014

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:xerces-j2, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:xerces-j2-demo, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:xerces-j2-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:xerces-j2-javadoc-apis, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:xerces-j2-javadoc-impl, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:xerces-j2-javadoc-other, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:xerces-j2-javadoc-xni, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:xerces-j2-scripts, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:6, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7

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: 9/29/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/23/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-4002

BID: 61310

RHSA: 2014:1319