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AlmaLinux 9 : expat (ALSA-2022:5244)

high Nessus Plugin ID 167709

Synopsis

The remote AlmaLinux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote AlmaLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2022:5244 advisory.

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

Solution

Update the affected expat and / or expat-devel packages.

See Also

https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2022-5244.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 167709

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2022-5244.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Published: 11/16/2022

Updated: 11/17/2022

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-25314

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/1/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/1/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-25313, CVE-2022-25314

CWE: 190, 400