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Tenable Nessus Buffer Overflow in Expat Library Lets Remote Authenticated Users Execute Arbitrary Code
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1036415 |
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id/1036415
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CVE Reference:
CVE-2016-0718
(Links to External Site)
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Date: Jul 21 2016
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Impact:
Execution of arbitrary code via network, User access via network
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Fix Available: Yes Vendor Confirmed: Yes
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Version(s): 6.0.0, 6.0.1, 6.0.2, 6.1.0, 6.1.1, 6.1.2, 6.2.0, 6.2.1, 6.3.0, 6.3.1, 6.3.2, 6.3.3, 6.3.4, 6.3.5, 6.3.6, 6.3.7, 6.4.0, 6.4.1, 6.4.2, 6.4.3, 6.5.0, 6.5.1, 6.5.2, 6.5.3, 6.5.4, 6.5.5, 6.5.6, 6.6.0, 6.6.1, 6.6.2, 6.7.0
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Description:
A vulnerability was reported in Tenable Nessus. A remote authenticated user can execute arbitrary code on the target system.
A remote authenticated user can send specially crafted data to trigger a buffer overflow in the Expat XML parser library and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
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Impact:
A remote authenticated user can execute arbitrary code on the target system.
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Solution:
The vendor has issued a fix (6.8).
The vendor's advisory is available at:
http://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-11
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Vendor URL: www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-11 (Links to External Site)
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Cause:
Boundary error
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Underlying OS: Linux (Any), UNIX (Any), Windows (Any)
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Message History:
None.
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