Cryptographic Issues Affecting expat package, versions <2.1.1-3
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.22% (62nd
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN9-EXPAT-358051
- published 16 Jun 2016
- disclosed 16 Jun 2016
Introduced: 16 Jun 2016
CVE-2012-6702 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:9 expat to version 2.1.1-3 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream expat package and not the expat package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:9 relevant fixed versions and status.
Expat, when used in a parser that has not called XML_SetHashSalt or passed it a seed of 0, makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms via vectors involving use of the srand function.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-6702
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-20
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-6702
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3597
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-21
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/03/8
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/04/1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91483
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2012-6702
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3010-1
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