Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2012-0876 First vendor Publication 2012-07-03
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2022-08-05

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:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 4.3 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 8.6 Authentication None Required
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Detail

The XML parser (xmlparse.c) in expat before 2.1.0 computes hash values without restricting the ability to trigger hash collisions predictably, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via an XML file with many identifiers with the same value.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-0876

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption ('Resource Exhaustion')

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:20396
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:20396
Title: VMware security updates for vSphere API and ESX Service Console
Description: The XML parser (xmlparse.c) in expat before 2.1.0 computes hash values without restricting the ability to trigger hash collisions predictably, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via an XML file with many identifiers with the same value.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2012-0876
 Version: 4
Platform(s): VMWare ESX Server 4.1
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Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 10
Application 142
Application 1
Os 5
Os 2
Os 1
Os 2
Os 1
Os 2
Os 1
Os 2

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2012-11-16 Name : VMSA-2012-0016: VMware security updates for vSphere API and ESX Service Console
File : nvt/gb_VMSA-2012-0016.nasl
2012-10-19 Name : Ubuntu Update for python2.4 USN-1613-2
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_1613_2.nasl
2012-10-19 Name : Ubuntu Update for python2.5 USN-1613-1
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_1613_1.nasl
2012-09-26 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 201209-06 (expat)
File : nvt/glsa_201209_06.nasl
2012-09-11 Name : Ubuntu Update for xmlrpc-c USN-1527-2
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_1527_2.nasl
2012-08-30 Name : Fedora Update for expat FEDORA-2012-4936
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2012_4936_expat_fc17.nasl
2012-08-14 Name : Ubuntu Update for expat USN-1527-1
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_1527_1.nasl
2012-08-10 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 2525-1 (expat)
File : nvt/deb_2525_1.nasl
2012-08-03 Name : Mandriva Update for expat MDVSA-2012:041 (expat)
File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDVSA_2012_041.nasl
2012-07-30 Name : CentOS Update for expat CESA-2012:0731 centos5
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2012_0731_expat_centos5.nasl
2012-07-30 Name : CentOS Update for python CESA-2012:0745 centos5
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2012_0745_python_centos5.nasl
2012-07-30 Name : CentOS Update for python CESA-2012:0744 centos6
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2012_0744_python_centos6.nasl
2012-07-30 Name : CentOS Update for expat CESA-2012:0731 centos6
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2012_0731_expat_centos6.nasl
2012-06-22 Name : Mandriva Update for python MDVSA-2012:096 (python)
File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDVSA_2012_096.nasl
2012-06-22 Name : Mandriva Update for python MDVSA-2012:097 (python)
File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDVSA_2012_097.nasl
2012-06-19 Name : RedHat Update for python RHSA-2012:0745-01
File : nvt/gb_RHSA-2012_0745-01_python.nasl
2012-06-19 Name : RedHat Update for python RHSA-2012:0744-01
File : nvt/gb_RHSA-2012_0744-01_python.nasl
2012-06-15 Name : RedHat Update for expat RHSA-2012:0731-01
File : nvt/gb_RHSA-2012_0731-01_expat.nasl
2012-05-17 Name : Fedora Update for expat FEDORA-2012-6996
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2012_6996_expat_fc15.nasl
2012-05-04 Name : Fedora Update for expat FEDORA-2012-5058
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2012_5058_expat_fc16.nasl

Information Assurance Vulnerability Management (IAVM)

Date Description
2012-11-29 IAVM : 2012-A-0189 - Multiple Vulnerabilities in VMware ESXi 4.1 and ESX 4.1
Severity : Category I - VMSKEY : V0035032

Snort® IPS/IDS

Date Description
2014-11-16 VMWare vSphere API SOAP request RetrieveProperties remote denial of service a...
RuleID : 31297 - Revision : 3 - Type : SERVER-WEBAPP

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
2017-02-21 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
2017-01-06 Name : A vulnerability scanner installed on the remote host is affected by multiple ...
File : pvs_5_2_0.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-10-27 Name : The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch.
File : f5_bigip_SOL70938105.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
2016-02-29 Name : The remote VMware ESX / ESXi host is missing a security-related patch.
File : vmware_VMSA-2012-0016_remote.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-12-11 Name : The remote host is missing a Mac OS X update that fixes multiple security vul...
File : macosx_SecUpd2015-008.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-12-10 Name : The remote host is missing a Mac OS X update that fixes multiple security vul...
File : macosx_10_11_2.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-09-18 Name : The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch.
File : f5_bigip_SOL16949.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-01-19 Name : The remote Solaris system is missing a security patch for third-party software.
File : solaris11_python_20130410.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-01-19 Name : The remote Solaris system is missing a security patch for third-party software.
File : solaris11_libexpat_20120918.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-12-12 Name : The remote VMware ESXi 5.1 host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.
File : vmware_esxi_5_1_build_2323236_remote.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-10-23 Name : The remote host is missing a Mac OS X update that fixes multiple security vul...
File : macosx_10_9.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-09-04 Name : The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update.
File : ala_ALAS-2012-89.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2012-0745.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2012-0731.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2012-0744.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-04-20 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2013-117.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-01-25 Name : The remote SuSE 11 host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_11_expat-120424.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-11-16 Name : The remote VMware ESXi / ESX host is missing one or more security-related pat...
File : vmware_VMSA-2012-0016.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-10-18 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-1613-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-10-18 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-1613-2.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-09-25 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201209-06.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-09-11 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-1527-2.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-09-06 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2012-097.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-10 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-1527-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-07 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-2525.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20120613_expat_on_SL5_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-06-21 Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.
File : suse_expat-8015.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-06-21 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2012-096.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-06-20 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2012-0744.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-06-19 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2012-0745.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-06-19 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2012-0744.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-06-19 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2012-0745.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-06-14 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2012-0731.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-06-14 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2012-0731.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-05-16 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2012-6996.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-05-01 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2012-5058.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-04-12 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2012-4936.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-03-28 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2012-041.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

Source Url
APPLE http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Oct/msg00004.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Dec/msg00005.html
BID http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52379
CONFIRM http://sourceforge.net/projects/expat/files/expat/2.1.0/
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=110127&aid=3496608&a...
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10365
https://support.apple.com/HT205637
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-20
DEBIAN http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2525
MANDRIVA http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:041
MISC http://bugs.python.org/issue13703#msg151870
MLIST http://mail.libexpat.org/pipermail/expat-discuss/2012-March/002768.html
REDHAT http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0731.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0062.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2957.html
SECUNIA http://secunia.com/advisories/49504
http://secunia.com/advisories/51024
http://secunia.com/advisories/51040
UBUNTU http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1527-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1613-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1613-2

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