Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.64695
Category:	Mandrake Local Security Checks
Title:	Mandrake Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:223 (xerces-c)
Summary:	NOSUMMARY
Description:	Description: The remote host is missing an update to xerces-c announced via advisory MDVSA-2009:223. 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. Affected: 2008.1, 2009.0, 2009.1, Enterprise Server 5.0 Solution: To upgrade automatically use MandrakeUpdate or urpmi. The verification of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you. http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=MDVSA-2009:223 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 BugTraq ID: 35986 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35986 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg01001.html https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg01150.html https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg01136.html https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg01099.html http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:223 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 http://secunia.com/advisories/36201 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2196 XForce ISS Database: xerces-c-dtd-dos(52321) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52321
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