Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.66387
Category:	Mandrake Local Security Checks
Title:	Mandriva Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:223-1 (xerces-c)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update to xerces-c;announced via advisory MDVSA-2009:223-1.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update to xerces-c announced via advisory MDVSA-2009:223-1. Vulnerability Insight: A vulnerability has been found and corrected in xerces-c: Stack consumption vulnerability in validators/DTD/DTDScanner.cpp in Apache Xerces C++ 2.7.0 and 2.8.0 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via vectors involving nested parentheses and invalid byte values in simply nested DTD structures, as demonstrated by the Codenomicon XML fuzzing framework (CVE-2009-1885). This update provides a solution to this vulnerability. Update: Packages for 2008.0 are being provided due to extended support for Corporate products. Affected: 2008.0 Solution: To upgrade automatically use MandrakeUpdate or urpmi. The verification of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you. CVSS Score: 4.3 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2009-1885 35986 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35986 36201 http://secunia.com/advisories/36201 ADV-2009-2196 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2196 FEDORA-2009-8305 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg01001.html FEDORA-2009-8332 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg01150.html FEDORA-2009-8345 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg01136.html FEDORA-2009-8350 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg01099.html MDVSA-2009:223 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:223 http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/xerces/c/trunk/src/xercesc/validators/DTD/DTDScanner.cpp?r1=781488&r2=781487&pathrev=781488&view=patch http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=rev&revision=781488 http://www.cert.fi/en/reports/2009/vulnerability2009085.html http://www.codenomicon.com/labs/xml/ http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2009/080509-xml-flaw.html https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=515515 xerces-c-dtd-dos(52321) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52321
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