The 'expat' package in Ubuntu 8.04, 10.04, 11.04, 11.10, 12.04 is missing an update to fix denial of service vulnerabilities
Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 199 |
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![]() | expat security vulnerability | 2 Apr 201200:00 | – | securityvulns |
![]() | [ MDVSA-2012:041 ] expat | 2 Apr 201200:00 | – | securityvulns |
![]() | [ MDVSA-2012:096-1 ] python | 9 Jul 201200:00 | – | securityvulns |
![]() | CentOS 5 / 6 : expat (CESA-2012:0731) | 14 Jun 201200:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Ubuntu 8.04 LTS / 10.04 LTS / 11.04 / 11.10 / 12.04 LTS : expat vulnerabilities (USN-1527-1) | 10 Aug 201200:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | F5 Networks BIG-IP : Expat vulnerabilities (K16949) | 18 Sep 201500:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Debian DSA-2525-1 : expat - several vulnerabilities | 7 Aug 201200:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Oracle Linux 5 / 6 : expat (ELSA-2012-0731) | 12 Jul 201300:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | RHEL 5 / 6 : expat (RHSA-2012:0731) | 14 Jun 201200:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Ubuntu 10.04 LTS / 11.04 / 11.10 / 12.04 LTS : xmlrpc-c vulnerabilities (USN-1527-2) | 11 Sep 201200:00 | – | nessus |
Source | Link |
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ubuntu | www.ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1527-1 |
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2012 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.841101");
script_cve_id("CVE-2012-0876", "CVE-2012-1148");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2012-08-14 05:10:01 +0000 (Tue, 14 Aug 2012)");
script_version("2024-02-02T05:06:04+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-02 05:06:04 +0000 (Fri, 02 Feb 2024)");
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("Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-1527-1)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2012 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Ubuntu Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/ubuntu_linux", "ssh/login/packages", re:"ssh/login/release=UBUNTU(10\.04\ LTS|11\.04|11\.10|12\.04\ LTS|8\.04\ LTS)");
script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"USN-1527-1");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1527-1");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'expat' package(s) announced via the USN-1527-1 advisory.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"It was discovered that Expat computed hash values without restricting the
ability to trigger hash collisions predictably. If a user or application linked
against Expat were tricked into opening a crafted XML file, an attacker could
cause a denial of service by consuming excessive CPU resources. (CVE-2012-0876)
Tim Body discovered that Expat did not properly handle memory reallocation
when processing XML files. If a user or application linked against Expat were
tricked into opening a crafted XML file, an attacker could cause a denial of
service by consuming excessive memory resources. This issue only affected
Ubuntu 8.04 LTS, 10.04 LTS, 11.04 and 11.10. (CVE-2012-1148)");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'expat' package(s) on Ubuntu 8.04, Ubuntu 10.04, Ubuntu 11.04, Ubuntu 11.10, Ubuntu 12.04.");
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-deb.inc");
release = dpkg_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
exit(0);
res = "";
report = "";
if(release == "UBUNTU10.04 LTS") {
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"lib64expat1", ver:"2.0.1-7ubuntu1.1", rls:"UBUNTU10.04 LTS"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libexpat1", ver:"2.0.1-7ubuntu1.1", rls:"UBUNTU10.04 LTS"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libexpat1-udeb", ver:"2.0.1-7ubuntu1.1", rls:"UBUNTU10.04 LTS"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
if(release == "UBUNTU11.04") {
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"lib64expat1", ver:"2.0.1-7ubuntu3.11.04.1", rls:"UBUNTU11.04"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libexpat1", ver:"2.0.1-7ubuntu3.11.04.1", rls:"UBUNTU11.04"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libexpat1-udeb", ver:"2.0.1-7ubuntu3.11.04.1", rls:"UBUNTU11.04"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
if(release == "UBUNTU11.10") {
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"lib64expat1", ver:"2.0.1-7ubuntu3.11.10.1", rls:"UBUNTU11.10"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libexpat1", ver:"2.0.1-7ubuntu3.11.10.1", rls:"UBUNTU11.10"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libexpat1-udeb", ver:"2.0.1-7ubuntu3.11.10.1", rls:"UBUNTU11.10"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
if(release == "UBUNTU12.04 LTS") {
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"lib64expat1", ver:"2.0.1-7.2ubuntu1.1", rls:"UBUNTU12.04 LTS"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libexpat1", ver:"2.0.1-7.2ubuntu1.1", rls:"UBUNTU12.04 LTS"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libexpat1-udeb", ver:"2.0.1-7.2ubuntu1.1", rls:"UBUNTU12.04 LTS"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
if(release == "UBUNTU8.04 LTS") {
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"lib64expat1", ver:"2.0.1-0ubuntu1.2", rls:"UBUNTU8.04 LTS"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libexpat1", ver:"2.0.1-0ubuntu1.2", rls:"UBUNTU8.04 LTS"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libexpat1-udeb", ver:"2.0.1-0ubuntu1.2", rls:"UBUNTU8.04 LTS"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
exit(0);
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