Debian DLA-467-1 : xerces-c security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 91107

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

XMLReader class can raise an exception if an invalid character is encountered, and the exception crosses stack frames in an unsafe way that causes a higher level exception handler to access an already-freed object.

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Solution

Upgrade the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 91107

File Name: debian_DLA-467.nasl

Version: 2.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 5/13/2016

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libxerces-c-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libxerces-c-doc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libxerces-c-samples, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libxerces-c3.1, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/12/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-2099

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