Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.71594
Category:	Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:	Ubuntu USN-1527-1 (lib64expat1)
Summary:	NOSUMMARY
Description:	Description: The remote host is missing an update to lib64expat1 announced via advisory USN-1527-1. Details: It was discovered that Expat computed hash values without restricting the ability to trigger hash collisions predictably. If a user or application linked against Expat were tricked into opening a crafted XML file, an attacker could cause a denial of service by consuming excessive CPU resources. (CVE-2012-0876) Tim Boddy discovered that Expat did not properly handle memory reallocation when processing XML files. If a user or application linked against Expat were tricked into opening a crafted XML file, an attacker could cause a denial of service by consuming excessive memory resources. This issue only affected Ubuntu 8.04 LTS, 10.04 LTS, 11.04 and 11.10. (CVE-2012-1148) Solution: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 11.10: lib64expat1 2.0.1-7ubuntu3.11.10.1 libexpat1 2.0.1-7ubuntu3.11.10.1 libexpat1-udeb 2.0.1-7ubuntu3.11.10.1 Ubuntu 11.04: lib64expat1 2.0.1-7ubuntu3.11.04.1 libexpat1 2.0.1-7ubuntu3.11.04.1 libexpat1-udeb 2.0.1-7ubuntu3.11.04.1 Ubuntu 10.04 LTS: lib64expat1 2.0.1-7ubuntu1.1 libexpat1 2.0.1-7ubuntu1.1 libexpat1-udeb 2.0.1-7ubuntu1.1 Ubuntu 8.04 LTS: lib64expat1 2.0.1-0ubuntu1.2 libexpat1 2.0.1-0ubuntu1.2 libexpat1-udeb 2.0.1-0ubuntu1.2 http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-1527-1 CVSS Score: 5.0 CVSS Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:NR/C:N/I:N/A:P
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-2012-1148 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034344
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