Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.703597
Category:	Debian Local Security Checks
Title:	Debian Security Advisory DSA 3597-1 (expat - security update)
Summary:	Two related issues have been discovered;in Expat, a C library for parsing XML.;;CVE-2012-6702It was introduced when;CVE-2012-0876;;was addressed. Stefan Srensen discovered that the use of the function;XML_Parse() seeds the random number generator generating repeated outputs;for rand() calls.;;CVE-2016-5300It is the product of an incomplete solution for;CVE-2012-0876;.;The parser poorly seeds the random number generator allowing an attacker to;cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via an XML file with crafted;identifiers.;;You might need to manually restart programs and services using expat;libraries.
Description:	Summary: Two related issues have been discovered in Expat, a C library for parsing XML. CVE-2012-6702It was introduced when CVE-2012-0876 was addressed. Stefan Srensen discovered that the use of the function XML_Parse() seeds the random number generator generating repeated outputs for rand() calls. CVE-2016-5300It is the product of an incomplete solution for CVE-2012-0876 . The parser poorly seeds the random number generator allowing an attacker to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via an XML file with crafted identifiers. You might need to manually restart programs and services using expat libraries. Affected Software/OS: expat on Debian Linux Solution: For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 2.1.0-6+deb8u3. For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in version 2.1.1-3. We recommend that you upgrade your expat packages. CVSS Score: 7.8 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2012-0876 http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Oct/msg00004.html http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Dec/msg00005.html BugTraq ID: 52379 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52379 Debian Security Information: DSA-2525 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2525 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:041 http://bugs.python.org/issue13703#msg151870 http://mail.libexpat.org/pipermail/expat-discuss/2012-March/002768.html RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2012:0731 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0731.html RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2016:0062 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0062.html RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2016:2957 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2957.html http://secunia.com/advisories/49504 http://secunia.com/advisories/51024 http://secunia.com/advisories/51040 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1527-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1613-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1613-2 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2012-6702 BugTraq ID: 91483 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91483 Debian Security Information: DSA-3597 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3597 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-21 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/03/8 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/04/1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3010-1 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-5300 BugTraq ID: 91159 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91159 https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/04/4 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/04/5
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