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CentOS Update for xerces-c CESA-2015:1193 centos7

🗓️ 03 Jul 2015 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2015 Greenbone AGType 
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CentOS Update for xerces-c CESA-2015:1193 centos7. Check the version of xerces-c. Xerces-C is a validating XML parser with a flaw that could allow a remote attacker to crash applications using the parser

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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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.882212");
  script_version("2026-04-24T06:23:04+0000");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2015-0252");
  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_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2026-04-24 06:23:04 +0000 (Fri, 24 Apr 2026)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2015-07-03 11:19:11 +0530 (Fri, 03 Jul 2015)");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
  script_name("CentOS Update for xerces-c CESA-2015:1193 centos7");
  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Check the version of xerces-c");
  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Xerces-C is a validating XML parser written
  in a portable subset of C++.

A flaw was found in the way the Xerces-C XML parser processed certain XML
documents. A remote attacker could provide specially crafted XML input
that, when parsed by an application using Xerces-C, would cause that
application to crash. (CVE-2015-0252)

All xerces-c users are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which
contains a backported patch to correct this issue.");
  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"xerces-c on CentOS 7");
  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated packages.");
  script_xref(name:"CESA", value:"2015:1193");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2015-June/021228.html");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2015 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("CentOS Local Security Checks");
  script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/centos", "ssh/login/rpms", re:"ssh/login/release=CentOS7");
  exit(0);
}

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

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

res = "";

if(release == "CentOS7")
{

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"xerces-c", rpm:"xerces-c~3.1.1~7.el7_1", rls:"CentOS7")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"xerces-c-devel", rpm:"xerces-c-devel~3.1.1~7.el7_1", rls:"CentOS7")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"xerces-c-doc", rpm:"xerces-c-doc~3.1.1~7.el7_1", rls:"CentOS7")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if (__pkg_match) exit(99);
  exit(0);
}

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