CVE-2012-6702

Severity

43%

Complexity

86%

Confidentiality

48%

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.

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.

CVSS 3.0 Base Score 5.9. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: high. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 4.3. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N).

Overview

First reported 8 years ago

2016-06-16 18:59:00

Last updated 6 years ago

2019-01-18 17:55:00

Affected Software

libexpat Expat

Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 LTS

12.04

Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 LTS (Long-Term Support)

14.04

Canonical Ubuntu Linux 15.10

15.10

Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 LTS (Long-Term Support)

16.04

Debian Linux 8.0 (Jessie)

8.0

Google Android Operating System 4.4.4

4.4.4

Google Android 5.0.2

5.0.2

Google Android 5.1.1

5.1.1

Google Android 6.0

6.0

Google Android 6.0.1

6.0.1

References

DSA-3597

Third Party Advisory

[oss-security] 20160603 Re: expat hash collision fix too predictable?

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory

[oss-security] 20160603 Re: expat hash collision fix too predictable?

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory

91483

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

USN-3010-1

Third Party Advisory

GLSA-201701-21

Third Party Advisory

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

Third Party Advisory

https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-20

Third Party Advisory

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