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Amazon Linux: Security Advisory (ALAS-2014-436)

🗓️ 08 Sep 2015 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2015 Greenbone AGType 
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The remote host is missing an update for the 'xerces-j2' package(s) announced via the ALAS-2014-436 advisory. A resource consumption issue was found in the way Xerces-J handled XML declarations which could be exploited by a remote attacker

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.120345");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2013-4002");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2015-09-08 11:24:16 +0000 (Tue, 08 Sep 2015)");
  script_version("2025-01-23T05:37:38+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-01-23 05:37:38 +0000 (Thu, 23 Jan 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.1");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C");

  script_name("Amazon Linux: Security Advisory (ALAS-2014-436)");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2015 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Amazon Linux Local Security Checks");
  script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/amazon_linux", "ssh/login/release");

  script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"ALAS-2014-436");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2014-436.html");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'xerces-j2' package(s) announced via the ALAS-2014-436 advisory.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"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.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'xerces-j2' package(s) on Amazon Linux.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated package(s).");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");

  exit(0);
}

include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-rpm.inc");

release = rpm_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
  exit(0);

res = "";
report = "";

if(release == "AMAZON") {

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"xerces-j2", rpm:"xerces-j2~2.7.1~12.7.19.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"xerces-j2-demo", rpm:"xerces-j2-demo~2.7.1~12.7.19.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"xerces-j2-javadoc-apis", rpm:"xerces-j2-javadoc-apis~2.7.1~12.7.19.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"xerces-j2-javadoc-impl", rpm:"xerces-j2-javadoc-impl~2.7.1~12.7.19.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"xerces-j2-javadoc-other", rpm:"xerces-j2-javadoc-other~2.7.1~12.7.19.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"xerces-j2-javadoc-xni", rpm:"xerces-j2-javadoc-xni~2.7.1~12.7.19.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"xerces-j2-scripts", rpm:"xerces-j2-scripts~2.7.1~12.7.19.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(report != "") {
    security_message(data:report);
  } else if(__pkg_match) {
    exit(99);
  }
  exit(0);
}

exit(0);

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