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HistoryFeb 26, 2016 - 12:00 a.m.

Debian DSA-3493-1 : xerces-c - security update

2016-02-2600:00:00
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Gustavo Grieco discovered that xerces-c, a validating XML parser library for C++, mishandles certain kinds of malformed input documents, resulting in buffer overflows during processing and error reporting. These flaws could lead to a denial of service in applications using the xerces-c library, or potentially, to the execution of arbitrary code.

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-3493. The text 
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#

include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(88976);
  script_version("2.6");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/11");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2016-0729");
  script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"3493");

  script_name(english:"Debian DSA-3493-1 : xerces-c - security update");
  script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated package");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"Gustavo Grieco discovered that xerces-c, a validating XML parser
library for C++, mishandles certain kinds of malformed input
documents, resulting in buffer overflows during processing and error
reporting. These flaws could lead to a denial of service in
applications using the xerces-c library, or potentially, to the
execution of arbitrary code."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=815907"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/wheezy/xerces-c"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/jessie/xerces-c"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3493"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:
"Upgrade the xerces-c packages.

For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed
in version 3.1.1-3+deb7u2.

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in
version 3.1.1-5.1+deb8u1."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:xerces-c");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2016/02/25");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2016/02/26");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2021 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("debian_package.inc");


if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


flag = 0;
if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"libxerces-c-dev", reference:"3.1.1-3+deb7u2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"libxerces-c-doc", reference:"3.1.1-3+deb7u2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"libxerces-c-samples", reference:"3.1.1-3+deb7u2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"libxerces-c3.1", reference:"3.1.1-3+deb7u2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"libxerces-c-dev", reference:"3.1.1-5.1+deb8u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"libxerces-c-doc", reference:"3.1.1-5.1+deb8u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"libxerces-c-samples", reference:"3.1.1-5.1+deb8u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"libxerces-c3.1", reference:"3.1.1-5.1+deb8u1")) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:deb_report_get());
  else security_hole(0);
  exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");