Executive Summary

Summary
Title Expat vulnerabilities
Informations
Name USN-3010-1 First vendor Publication 2016-06-20
Vendor Ubuntu Last vendor Modification 2016-06-20
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
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 7.8 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 6.9 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:

Several security issues were fixed in Expat.

Software Description: - expat: XML parsing C library

Details:

It was discovered that Expat unexpectedly called srand in certain circumstances. This could reduce the security of calling applications. (CVE-2012-6702)

It was discovered that Expat incorrectly handled seeding the random number generator. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2016-5300)

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
lib64expat1 2.1.0-7ubuntu0.16.04.2
libexpat1 2.1.0-7ubuntu0.16.04.2

Ubuntu 15.10:
lib64expat1 2.1.0-7ubuntu0.15.10.2
libexpat1 2.1.0-7ubuntu0.15.10.2

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
lib64expat1 2.1.0-4ubuntu1.3
libexpat1 2.1.0-4ubuntu1.3

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
lib64expat1 2.0.1-7.2ubuntu1.4
libexpat1 2.0.1-7.2ubuntu1.4

After a standard system upgrade you need to restart any applications linked against Expat to effect the necessary changes.

References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3010-1
CVE-2012-6702, CVE-2016-5300

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/expat/2.1.0-7ubuntu0.16.04.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/expat/2.1.0-7ubuntu0.15.10.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/expat/2.1.0-4ubuntu1.3
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/expat/2.0.1-7.2ubuntu1.4

Original Source

Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3010-1

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
50 % CWE-399 Resource Management Errors
50 % CWE-310 Cryptographic Issues

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 10
Os 4
Os 1
Os 5

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
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
2017-05-11 Name : The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch.
File : f5_bigip_SOL65460334.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
2017-02-21 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2017-260.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-02-09 Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_SU-2017-0424-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-02-08 Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_SU-2017-0415-1.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
2016-10-27 Name : The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch.
File : f5_bigip_SOL70938105.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_2016-7c6e7a9265.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
2016-06-21 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-3013-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-06-21 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-3010-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-06-09 Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.
File : freebsd_pkg_c9c252f52def11e6ae88002590263bf5.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-06-09 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security update.
File : debian_DLA-508.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-06-08 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-3597.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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Date Informations
2016-07-18 13:23:31
  • First insertion