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RHEL 8 : xmlrpc-c (RHSA-2022:1540)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 160215
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for xmlrpc-c.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2022:1540 advisory.XML-RPC is a remote procedure call (RPC) protocol that uses XML to encode its calls and HTTP as a transport mechanism. The xmlrpc-c packages provide a network protocol to allow a client program to make a simple RPC (remote procedure call) over the Internet. It converts an RPC into an XML document, sends it to a remote server using HTTP, and gets back the response in XML.
Security Fix(es):
* expat: Malformed 2- and 3-byte UTF-8 sequences can lead to arbitrary code execution (CVE-2022-25235)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Update the RHEL xmlrpc-c package based on the guidance in RHSA-2022:1540.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?be133c84
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 160215
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2022-1540.nasl
Version: 1.10
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 4/26/2022
Updated: 11/7/2024
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Important
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 5.5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-25235
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 9.8
Temporal Score: 8.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xmlrpc-c-client%2b%2b, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xmlrpc-c-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xmlrpc-c-client, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xmlrpc-c-c%2b%2b, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xmlrpc-c
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 4/26/2022
Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/16/2022
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2022-25235