Executive Summary
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Title | Expat vulnerability |
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | USN-2983-1 | First vendor Publication | 2016-05-18 |
| Vendor | Ubuntu | Last vendor Modification | 2016-05-18 |
| Severity (Vendor) | N/A | Revision | N/A |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3
| Cvss vector : N/A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall CVSS Score | NA | ||
| Base Score | NA | Environmental Score | NA |
| impact SubScore | NA | Temporal Score | NA |
| Exploitabality Sub Score | NA | ||
| Calculate full CVSS 3.0 Vectors scores | |||
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2
| Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cvss Base Score | 7.5 | Attack Range | Network |
| Cvss Impact Score | 6.4 | Attack Complexity | Low |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 10 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
| A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS - Ubuntu 15.10 - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS - Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Summary: Expat could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file. Software Description: - expat: XML parsing C library Details: Gustavo Grieco discovered that Expat incorrectly handled malformed XML data. If a user or application linked against Expat were tricked into opening a crafted XML file, an attacker could cause a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-0718) Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: Ubuntu 15.10: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: After a standard system upgrade you need to restart any applications linked against Expat to effect the necessary changes. References: Package Information: |
Original Source
| Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2983-1 |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
| % | Id | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 100 % | CWE-119 | Failure to Constrain Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer |
CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2018-05-07 | Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update. File : freebsd_pkg_8719b9358bae41ad92ba3c826f651219.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2018-05-07 | Name : The remote Slackware host is missing a security update. File : Slackware_SSA_2018-124-01.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2017-10-12 | Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update. File : freebsd_pkg_9164f51eae2011e7a633009c02a2ab30.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2017-09-25 | Name : The remote Slackware host is missing a security update. File : Slackware_SSA_2017-266-02.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2017-09-19 | Name : The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch. File : f5_bigip_SOL52320548.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2017-05-08 | Name : The remote host contains an application that is affected by multiple vulnerab... File : macos_itunes_12_6.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2017-05-08 | Name : An application running on the remote host is affected by multiple vulnerabili... File : itunes_12_6_banner.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2017-05-08 | Name : An application installed on the remote host is affected by multiple vulnerabi... File : itunes_12_6.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2017-05-01 | Name : The remote EulerOS host is missing a security update. File : EulerOS_SA-2017-1002.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2017-01-12 | Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : gentoo_GLSA-201701-21.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2017-01-06 | Name : A vulnerability scanner installed on the remote host is affected by multiple ... File : pvs_5_2_0.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2016-12-27 | Name : The remote Slackware host is missing a security update. File : Slackware_SSA_2016-359-01.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2016-12-16 | Name : The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update. File : ala_ALAS-2016-775.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2016-12-15 | Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : sl_20161128_expat_on_SL6_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2016-11-29 | Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates. File : redhat-RHSA-2016-2824.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2016-11-29 | Name : The remote OracleVM host is missing a security update. File : oraclevm_OVMSA-2016-0168.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2016-11-29 | Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2016-2824.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2016-11-29 | Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates. File : centos_RHSA-2016-2824.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2016-09-12 | Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates. File : freebsd_pkg_aa1aefe36e3747dbbfda343ef4acb1b5.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2016-08-11 | Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : openSUSE-2016-960.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2016-08-08 | Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch. File : ubuntu_USN-3044-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2016-08-05 | Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : openSUSE-2016-937.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2016-08-05 | Name : The remote Windows host contains a web browser that is affected by multiple v... File : mozilla_firefox_48.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2016-08-05 | Name : The remote Mac OS X host contains a web browser that is affected by multiple ... File : macosx_firefox_48.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2016-07-21 | Name : The remote host is missing a Mac OS X security update that fixes multiple vul... File : macosx_10_11_6.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2016-07-20 | Name : An application running on the remote host is affected by multiple vulnerabili... File : nessus_tns_2016_11.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2016-07-15 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2016-0fd6ca526a.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2016-07-14 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2016-60889583ab.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2016-07-14 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2016-7c6e7a9265.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2016-06-21 | Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : ubuntu_USN-3013-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2016-06-17 | Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates. File : suse_SU-2016-1508-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2016-06-10 | Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates. File : suse_SU-2016-1512-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2016-06-09 | Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : openSUSE-2016-695.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2016-06-01 | Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : openSUSE-2016-660.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2016-05-20 | Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates. File : freebsd_pkg_57b3aba71e2511e68dd3002590263bf5.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2016-05-20 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security update. File : debian_DLA-483.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2016-05-19 | Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : ubuntu_USN-2983-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2016-05-18 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update. File : debian_DSA-3582.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
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| 2016-05-27 05:35:04 |
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| 2016-05-26 21:38:49 |
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| 2016-05-20 13:27:35 |
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| 2016-05-18 17:24:22 |
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