The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5288-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that Expat incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue     to cause a crash or execute arbitrary code.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS : Expat vulnerabilities (USN-5288-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 158212

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Version 1.8 Aug 28, 2024, 11:02 PM CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 score" set to 0.0) CVSSv2 severity (based on None, severity decreased from "High" to "Low") Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202408282302
Version 1.7 Oct 16, 2023, 9:38 PM Detection Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202310162138
Version 1.6 Jul 11, 2023, 4:01 AM Detection Plugin Feed: 202307110401
Version 1.6 Oct 16, 2023, 7:25 PM Detection Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202310161925
Version 1.5 Jan 18, 2023, 9:01 AM Logic Changes (Added support for s390x) Plugin Feed: 202301180901
Version 1.5 Jul 11, 2023, 1:48 AM Detection Plugin Feed: 202307110148