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CVE-2012-6702 (Medium) detected in buffalo-gplexpat-2.1.0 #14

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CVE-2012-6702 - Medium Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - buffalo-gplexpat-2.1.0

Educational Linux Distribution

Library home page: https://sourceforge.net/projects/buffalo-gpl/

Found in HEAD commit: f21d202d4f8bf8d80e786f6bed8eb5a9d9049868

Found in base branch: master

Vulnerable Source Files (1)

/lib/xmlparse.c

Vulnerability Details

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.

Publish Date: 2016-06-16

URL: CVE-2012-6702

CVSS 3 Score Details (5.9)

Base Score Metrics: - Exploitability Metrics: - Attack Vector: Network - Attack Complexity: High - Privileges Required: None - User Interaction: None - Scope: Unchanged - Impact Metrics: - Confidentiality Impact: None - Integrity Impact: High - Availability Impact: None

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Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html

Release Date: 2016-06-16

Fix Resolution: android-6.0.1_r78


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