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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.10.2016.0193
Category:Mageia Linux Local Security Checks
Title:Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2016-0193)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'expat' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2016-0193 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'expat' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2016-0193 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Gustavo Grieco discovered that Expat does not properly handle certain
kinds of malformed input documents, resulting in buffer overflows during
processing and error reporting. A remote attacker can take advantage of
this flaw to cause an application using the Expat library to crash, or
potentially, to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user
running the application (CVE-2016-0718).

Affected Software/OS:
'expat' package(s) on Mageia 5.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
7.5

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-0718
1036348
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036348
1036415
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036415
1037705
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037705
20170227 CVE-2016-9892 - Remote Code Execution as Root via ESET Endpoint Antivirus 6
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Feb/68
90729
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90729
APPLE-SA-2016-07-18-1
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00000.html
DSA-3582
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3582
GLSA-201701-21
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-21
RHSA-2016:2824
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2824.html
RHSA-2018:2486
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2486
SUSE-SU-2016:1508
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00006.html
SUSE-SU-2016:1512
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00007.html
USN-2983-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2983-1
USN-3044-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3044-1
[oss-security] 20160517 CVE-2016-0718: Expat XML Parser Crashes on Malformed Input
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/17/12
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/141350/ESET-Endpoint-Antivirus-6-Remote-Code-Execution.html
http://support.eset.com/ca6333/
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-68.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1236923
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1296102
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10365
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html
https://support.apple.com/HT206903
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-20
openSUSE-SU-2016:1441
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00064.html
openSUSE-SU-2016:1523
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00010.html
openSUSE-SU-2016:1964
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00004.html
openSUSE-SU-2016:2026
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00029.html
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