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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2012-6702

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The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. 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. (CVE-2012-6702) Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by theā€¦Read More

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