Debian DSA-5266-1 : expat - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 166733

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

The remote Debian 11 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dsa-5266 advisory.

- In libexpat through 2.4.9, there is a use-after free caused by overeager destruction of a shared DTD in XML_ExternalEntityParserCreate in out-of-memory situations. (CVE-2022-43680)

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

Solution

Upgrade the expat packages.

For the stable distribution (bullseye), this problem has been fixed in version 2.2.10-2+deb11u5.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 166733

File Name: debian_DSA-5266.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 10/31/2022

Updated: 10/6/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless 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-2022-43680

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:debian:debian_linux:expat, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libexpat1, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libexpat1-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libexpat1-udeb, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/30/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/24/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-43680

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