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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : Expat vulnerability (USN-5638-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 165463

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-5638-1 advisory.

 Rhodri James discovered that Expat incorrectly handled memory when processing certain malformed XML 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 this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5638-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 165463

File Name: ubuntu_USN-5638-1.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/26/2022

Updated: 8/27/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.6

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-40674

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/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:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libexpat1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:expat, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:lib64expat1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libexpat1-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:lib64expat1-dev, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:esm

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/26/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/14/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-40674

USN: 5638-1