The 'xerces-c' package(s) in Ubuntu 14.04, 16.04, 18.04 LTS is affected by a use-after-free error in XML data parsing
Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 115 |
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![]() | Oracle Linux 6 : xerces-c (ELSA-2020-0702) | 9 Mar 202000:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Debian DLA-2498-1 : xerces-c security update | 18 Dec 202000:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM : Xerces-C++ vulnerability (USN-6579-1) | 11 Jan 202400:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Scientific Linux Security Update : xerces-c on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20200304) | 6 Mar 202000:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | EulerOS 2.0 SP3 : xerces-c (EulerOS-SA-2021-1862) | 30 Apr 202100:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | NewStart CGSL CORE 5.05 / MAIN 5.05 : xerces-c Vulnerability (NS-SA-2020-0114) | 9 Dec 202000:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | CentOS 7 : xerces-c (RHSA-2020:0704) | 6 Mar 202000:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | openSUSE 15 Security Update : xerces-c (openSUSE-SU-2021:2958-1) | 7 Sep 202100:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Oracle Linux 7 : xerces-c (ELSA-2020-0704) | 9 Mar 202000:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | NewStart CGSL CORE 5.04 / MAIN 5.04 : xerces-c Vulnerability (NS-SA-2020-0028) | 27 May 202000:00 | – | nessus |
Source | Link |
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ubuntu | www.ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6579-1 |
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.12.2024.6579.1");
script_cve_id("CVE-2018-1311");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2024-01-12 04:09:10 +0000 (Fri, 12 Jan 2024)");
script_version("2024-02-02T05:06:10+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-02 05:06:10 +0000 (Fri, 02 Feb 2024)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.8");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2020-01-13 15:05:00 +0000 (Mon, 13 Jan 2020)");
script_name("Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-6579-1)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2024 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(14\.04\ LTS|16\.04\ LTS|18\.04\ LTS)");
script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"USN-6579-1");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6579-1");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'xerces-c' package(s) announced via the USN-6579-1 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 Xerces-C++ was not properly handling memory
management operations when parsing XML data containing external DTDs,
which could trigger a use-after-free error. If a user or automated system
were tricked into processing a specially crafted XML document, an attacker
could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute
arbitrary code.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'xerces-c' package(s) on Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 18.04.");
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 == "UBUNTU14.04 LTS") {
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libxerces-c-samples", ver:"3.1.1-5.1+deb8u4ubuntu0.1~esm1", rls:"UBUNTU14.04 LTS"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libxerces-c3.1", ver:"3.1.1-5.1+deb8u4ubuntu0.1~esm1", rls:"UBUNTU14.04 LTS"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
if(release == "UBUNTU16.04 LTS") {
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libxerces-c-samples", ver:"3.1.3+debian-1ubuntu0.1~esm2", rls:"UBUNTU16.04 LTS"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libxerces-c3.1", ver:"3.1.3+debian-1ubuntu0.1~esm2", rls:"UBUNTU16.04 LTS"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
if(release == "UBUNTU18.04 LTS") {
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libxerces-c-samples", ver:"3.2.0+debian-2ubuntu0.1~esm2", rls:"UBUNTU18.04 LTS"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libxerces-c3.2", ver:"3.2.0+debian-2ubuntu0.1~esm2", rls:"UBUNTU18.04 LTS"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
exit(0);
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