Vulnerabilities > CVE-2004-1575 - Unspecified vulnerability in Apache Xerces-C++ 2.5.0
Attack vector
UNKNOWN Attack complexity
UNKNOWN Privileges required
UNKNOWN Confidentiality impact
UNKNOWN Integrity impact
UNKNOWN Availability impact
UNKNOWN apache
nessus
Summary
The XML parser in Xerces-C++ 2.5.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via XML attributes in a crafted XML document.
Vulnerable Configurations
Part | Description | Count |
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Application | 1 |
Nessus
NASL family FreeBSD Local Security Checks NASL id FREEBSD_PKG_763013021D5911D9814E0001020EED82.NASL description Amit Klein reports about Xerces-C++ : An attacker can craft a malicious XML document, which uses XML attributes in a way that inflicts a denial of service condition on the target machine (XML parser). The result of this attack is that the XML parser consumes all the CPU. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 37183 published 2009-04-23 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/37183 title FreeBSD : xerces-c2 -- Attribute blowup denial-of-service (76301302-1d59-11d9-814e-0001020eed82) code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from the FreeBSD VuXML database : # # Copyright 2003-2018 Jacques Vidrine and contributors # # Redistribution and use in source (VuXML) and 'compiled' forms (SGML, # HTML, PDF, PostScript, RTF and so forth) with or without modification, # are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: # 1. Redistributions of source code (VuXML) must retain the above # copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following # disclaimer as the first lines of this file unmodified. # 2. Redistributions in compiled form (transformed to other DTDs, # published online in any format, converted to PDF, PostScript, # RTF and other formats) must reproduce the above copyright # notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer # in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the # distribution. # # THIS DOCUMENTATION IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" # AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, # THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR # PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS # BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, # OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT # OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR # BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, # WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE # OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS DOCUMENTATION, # EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(37183); script_version("1.18"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:36"); script_cve_id("CVE-2004-1575"); script_bugtraq_id(11312); script_name(english:"FreeBSD : xerces-c2 -- Attribute blowup denial-of-service (76301302-1d59-11d9-814e-0001020eed82)"); script_summary(english:"Checks for updated package in pkg_info output"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "Amit Klein reports about Xerces-C++ : An attacker can craft a malicious XML document, which uses XML attributes in a way that inflicts a denial of service condition on the target machine (XML parser). The result of this attack is that the XML parser consumes all the CPU." ); # http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=109674050017645 script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109674050017645" ); # https://vuxml.freebsd.org/freebsd/76301302-1d59-11d9-814e-0001020eed82.html script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?04efb34b" ); script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected package."); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:H/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No exploit is required"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:xerces-c2"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2004/10/02"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2004/10/13"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2009/04/23"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_family(english:"FreeBSD Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/FreeBSD/release", "Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("freebsd_package.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); if (!get_kb_item("Host/FreeBSD/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "FreeBSD"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); flag = 0; if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"xerces-c2<2.6.0")) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:pkg_report_get()); else security_warning(0); exit(0); } else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
NASL family FreeBSD Local Security Checks NASL id FREEBSD_XERCES_260.NASL description The following package needs to be updated: xerces-c2 last seen 2016-09-26 modified 2011-10-03 plugin id 15507 published 2004-10-19 reporter Tenable source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/index.php?view=single&id=15507 title FreeBSD : xerces-c2 -- Attribute blowup denial-of-service (205) code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 999999 # @DEPRECATED@ # # This script has been deprecated by freebsd_pkg_763013021d5911d9814e0001020eed82.nasl. # # Disabled on 2011/10/02. # # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # This script contains information extracted from VuXML : # # Copyright 2003-2006 Jacques Vidrine and contributors # # Redistribution and use in source (VuXML) and 'compiled' forms (SGML, # HTML, PDF, PostScript, RTF and so forth) with or without modification, # are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: # 1. Redistributions of source code (VuXML) must retain the above # copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following # disclaimer as the first lines of this file unmodified. # 2. Redistributions in compiled form (transformed to other DTDs, # published online in any format, converted to PDF, PostScript, # RTF and other formats) must reproduce the above copyright # notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer # in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the # distribution. # # THIS DOCUMENTATION IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" # AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, # THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR # PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS # BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, # OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT # OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR # BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, # WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE # OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS DOCUMENTATION, # EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. # # # include('compat.inc'); if ( description ) { script_id(15507); script_version("1.20"); script_bugtraq_id(11312); script_name(english:"FreeBSD : xerces-c2 -- Attribute blowup denial-of-service (205)"); script_set_attribute(attribute:'synopsis', value: 'The remote host is missing a security update'); script_set_attribute(attribute:'description', value:'The following package needs to be updated: xerces-c2'); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:H/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No exploit is required"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true"); script_set_attribute(attribute:'solution', value: 'Update the package on the remote host'); script_set_attribute(attribute: 'see_also', value: 'http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=505791 http://bugs.libgd.org/?do=details&task_id=89 http://bugs.libgd.org/?do=details&task_id=94 http://httpd.apache.org http://secunia.com/advisories/11608 http://secunia.com/advisories/21601 http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00014.html http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2007/2336 http://www.libgd.org/ReleaseNote020035 http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-46.html http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-47.html'); script_set_attribute(attribute:'see_also', value: 'http://www.FreeBSD.org/ports/portaudit/76301302-1d59-11d9-814e-0001020eed82.html'); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value: "2004/10/19"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/08/22 16:49:14"); script_end_attributes(); script_cve_id("CVE-2004-1575"); script_summary(english:"Check for xerces-c2"); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2004-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc."); family["english"] = "FreeBSD Local Security Checks"; script_family(english:family["english"]); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info"); exit(0); } # Deprecated. exit(0, "This plugin has been deprecated. Refer to plugin #37183 (freebsd_pkg_763013021d5911d9814e0001020eed82.nasl) instead."); global_var cvss_score; cvss_score=10; include('freebsd_package.inc'); pkg_test(pkg:"xerces-c2<2.6.0");
References
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109674050017645&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109674050017645&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/12715
- http://secunia.com/advisories/12715
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11312
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11312
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17575
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17575