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AlmaLinux 9 : libxml2 (ALSA-2022:5250)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 167664

Synopsis

The remote AlmaLinux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote AlmaLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALSA-2022:5250 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 libxml2, libxml2-devel and / or python3-libxml2 packages.

See Also

https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2022-5250.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 167664

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2022-5250.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Published: 11/16/2022

Updated: 10/3/2023

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-29824

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 6

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::appstream, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libxml2, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:libxml2-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python3-libxml2, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::baseos

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/1/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/1/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-29824

CWE: 190, 787