5 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
7 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.129 Low
EPSS
Percentile
95.5%
The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory RHSA-2009:1615.
The xerces-j2 packages provide the Apache Xerces2 Java Parser, a
high-performance XML parser. A Document Type Definition (DTD) defines the
legal syntax (and also which elements can be used) for certain types of
files, such as XML files.
A flaw was found in the way the Apache Xerces2 Java Parser processed the
SYSTEM identifier in DTDs. A remote attacker could provide a
specially-crafted XML file, which once parsed by an application using the
Apache Xerces2 Java Parser, would lead to a denial of service (application
hang due to excessive CPU use). (CVE-2009-2625)
Users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported
patch to correct this issue. Applications using the Apache Xerces2 Java
Parser must be restarted for this update to take effect.
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2009 E-Soft Inc.
# 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 OR GPL-3.0-only
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.66317");
script_version("2024-03-21T05:06:54+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-03-21 05:06:54 +0000 (Thu, 21 Mar 2024)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2009-12-03 22:10:42 +0100 (Thu, 03 Dec 2009)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2009-2625");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
script_name("RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2009:1615");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2009 E-Soft Inc.");
script_family("Red Hat Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/rhel", "ssh/login/rpms", re:"ssh/login/release=RHENT_5");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please note that this update is available via
Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red
Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory RHSA-2009:1615.
The xerces-j2 packages provide the Apache Xerces2 Java Parser, a
high-performance XML parser. A Document Type Definition (DTD) defines the
legal syntax (and also which elements can be used) for certain types of
files, such as XML files.
A flaw was found in the way the Apache Xerces2 Java Parser processed the
SYSTEM identifier in DTDs. A remote attacker could provide a
specially-crafted XML file, which once parsed by an application using the
Apache Xerces2 Java Parser, would lead to a denial of service (application
hang due to excessive CPU use). (CVE-2009-2625)
Users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported
patch to correct this issue. Applications using the Apache Xerces2 Java
Parser must be restarted for this update to take effect.");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1615.html");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate");
exit(0);
}
include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-rpm.inc");
res = "";
report = "";
if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"xerces-j2", rpm:"xerces-j2~2.7.1~7jpp.2.el5_4.2", rls:"RHENT_5")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"xerces-j2-debuginfo", rpm:"xerces-j2-debuginfo~2.7.1~7jpp.2.el5_4.2", rls:"RHENT_5")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"xerces-j2-scripts", rpm:"xerces-j2-scripts~2.7.1~7jpp.2.el5_4.2", rls:"RHENT_5")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"xerces-j2-demo", rpm:"xerces-j2-demo~2.7.1~7jpp.2.el5_4.2", rls:"RHENT_5")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"xerces-j2-javadoc-apis", rpm:"xerces-j2-javadoc-apis~2.7.1~7jpp.2.el5_4.2", rls:"RHENT_5")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"xerces-j2-javadoc-impl", rpm:"xerces-j2-javadoc-impl~2.7.1~7jpp.2.el5_4.2", rls:"RHENT_5")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"xerces-j2-javadoc-other", rpm:"xerces-j2-javadoc-other~2.7.1~7jpp.2.el5_4.2", rls:"RHENT_5")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"xerces-j2-javadoc-xni", rpm:"xerces-j2-javadoc-xni~2.7.1~7jpp.2.el5_4.2", rls:"RHENT_5")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if (report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if (__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}