Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.871384
Category:	Red Hat Local Security Checks
Title:	RedHat Update for xerces-c RHSA-2015:1193-01
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'xerces-c'; package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'xerces-c' package(s) announced via the referenced advisory. Vulnerability Insight: Xerces-C is a validating XML parser written in a portable subset of C++. A flaw was found in the way the Xerces-C XML parser processed certain XML documents. A remote attacker could provide specially crafted XML input that, when parsed by an application using Xerces-C, would cause that application to crash. (CVE-2015-0252) All xerces-c users are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which contains a backported patch to correct this issue. Affected Software/OS: xerces-c on Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) Solution: Please Install the Updated Packages. CVSS Score: 5.0 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-0252 BugTraq ID: 73252 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73252 Debian Security Information: DSA-3199 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3199 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36906/ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152882.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/153887.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/153829.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/153094.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/153923.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/153903.html http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131756/Apache-Xerces-C-XML-Parser-Denial-Of-Service.html RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2015:1193 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1193.html http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032254 SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2016:0966 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-04/msg00012.html
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