Summary
The remote host is missing an update to expat
announced via advisory FEDORA-2009-12737.
Solution
Apply the appropriate updates.
This update can be installed with the yum update program. Use su -c 'yum update expat' at the command line.
For more information, refer to Managing Software with yum, available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=FEDORA-2009-12737
Insight
Update Information:
Two buffer over-read flaws were found in the way Expat handled malformed UTF-8 sequences when processing XML files. A specially-crafted XML file could cause applications using Expat to crash while parsing the file. (CVE-2009-3560, CVE-2009-3720)
ChangeLog:
* Tue Dec 1 2009 Joe Orton - 2.0.1-8
- add security fix for CVE-2009-3560 (#533174)
- add security fix for CVE-2009-3720 (#531697)
- run the test suite
References
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2009-3560, CVE-2009-3720 -
CVSS Base Score: 5.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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