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Fedora 29 : expat (2019-139fcda84d)

high Nessus Plugin ID 126706

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

This update includes a fix for a security vulnerability, CVE-2018-20843 :

> Fix extraction of namespace prefixes from XML names; XML names with multiple colons could end up in the wrong namespace, and take a high amount of RAM and CPU resources while processing, opening the door to use for denial-of-service attacks

For more information on the changes in 2.2.7, see the upstream release notes at:
https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/blob/R_2_2_7/expat/Changes#L5

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website.
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Solution

Update the affected expat package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2019-139fcda84d

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 126706

File Name: fedora_2019-139fcda84d.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/16/2019

Updated: 5/9/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-20843

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:expat, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:29

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/16/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/24/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-20843