Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.703898
Category:	Debian Local Security Checks
Title:	Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-3898-1)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'expat' package(s) announced via the DSA-3898-1 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'expat' package(s) announced via the DSA-3898-1 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Expat, an XML parsing C library. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems: CVE-2016-9063 Gustavo Grieco discovered an integer overflow flaw during parsing of XML. An attacker can take advantage of this flaw to cause a denial of service against an application using the Expat library. CVE-2017-9233 Rhodri James discovered an infinite loop vulnerability within the entityValueInitProcessor() function while parsing malformed XML in an external entity. An attacker can take advantage of this flaw to cause a denial of service against an application using the Expat library. For the oldstable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 2.1.0-6+deb8u4. For the stable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in version 2.2.0-2+deb9u1. For the stable distribution (stretch), CVE-2016-9063 was already fixed before the initial release. For the testing distribution (buster), these problems have been fixed in version 2.2.1-1 or earlier version. For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in version 2.2.1-1 or earlier version. We recommend that you upgrade your expat packages. Affected Software/OS: 'expat' package(s) on Debian 8, Debian 9. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). 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-2017-9233 BugTraq ID: 99276 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99276 Debian Security Information: DSA-3898 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3898 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/2017/06/17/7 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039427
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