The remote host is missing an update to expat
announced via advisory FEDORA-2009-10987.
# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
# $Id: fcore_2009_10987.nasl 6624 2017-07-10 06:11:55Z cfischer $
# Description: Auto-generated from advisory FEDORA-2009-10987 (expat)
#
# Authors:
# Thomas Reinke <[email protected]>
#
# Copyright:
# Copyright (c) 2009 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.com
# Text descriptions are largely excerpted from the referenced
# advisory, and are Copyright (c) the respective author(s)
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2,
# or at your option, GNU General Public License version 3,
# as published by the Free Software Foundation
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
#
include("revisions-lib.inc");
tag_insight = "Update Information:
This update fixes a security vulnerability:
A buffer over-read flaw was found in the way Expat handles malformed UTF-8
sequences when processing XML files. A specially-crafted XML file could
cause applications using Expat to crash while parsing the file. (CVE-2009-3720)
ChangeLog:
* Fri Oct 30 2009 Joe Orton - 2.0.1-6.1
- add security fix for CVE-2009-3720";
tag_solution = "Apply the appropriate updates.
This update can be installed with the yum update program. Use
su -c 'yum update expat' at the command line.
For more information, refer to Managing Software with yum,
available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=FEDORA-2009-10987";
tag_summary = "The remote host is missing an update to expat
announced via advisory FEDORA-2009-10987.";
if(description)
{
script_id(66195);
script_version("$Revision: 6624 $");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"$Date: 2017-07-10 08:11:55 +0200 (Mon, 10 Jul 2017) $");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2009-11-11 15:56:44 +0100 (Wed, 11 Nov 2009)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2009-3720");
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("Fedora Core 11 FEDORA-2009-10987 (expat)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (c) 2009 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.com");
script_family("Fedora Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/fedora", "ssh/login/rpms");
script_tag(name : "insight" , value : tag_insight);
script_tag(name : "solution" , value : tag_solution);
script_tag(name : "summary" , value : tag_summary);
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_xref(name : "URL" , value : "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=531697");
exit(0);
}
#
# The script code starts here
#
include("pkg-lib-rpm.inc");
res = "";
report = "";
if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"expat", rpm:"expat~2.0.1~6.fc11.1", rls:"FC11")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"expat-devel", rpm:"expat-devel~2.0.1~6.fc11.1", rls:"FC11")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"expat-debuginfo", rpm:"expat-debuginfo~2.0.1~6.fc11.1", rls:"FC11")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if (report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if (__pkg_match) {
exit(99); # Not vulnerable.
}