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Huawei EulerOS: Security Advisory for expat (EulerOS-SA-2017-1002)

Information

Severity

Severity

High

Family

Family

Huawei EulerOS Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

7.5

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

4 years ago

Modified

Modified

4 years ago

Summary

The remote host is missing an update for the Huawei EulerOS 'expat' package(s) announced via the EulerOS-SA-2017-1002 advisory.

Insight

Insight

An out-of-bounds read flaw was found in the way Expat processed certain input. A remote attacker could send specially crafted XML that, when parsed by an application using the Expat library, would cause that application to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code with the permission of the user running the application.(CVE-2016-0718)

Affected Software

Affected Software

'expat' package(s) on Huawei EulerOS V2.0SP1.

Detection Method

Detection Method

Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.

Solution

Solution

Please install the updated package(s).

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)