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RHEL 8 : expat (RHSA-2023:0103)
high Nessus Plugin ID 169957
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for expat.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2023:0103 advisory.Expat is a C library for parsing XML documents.
Security Fix(es):
* expat: use-after free caused by overeager destruction of a shared DTD in XML_ExternalEntityParserCreate (CVE-2022-43680)
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 expat package based on the guidance in RHSA-2023:0103.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?d882074c
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 169957
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2023-0103.nasl
Version: 1.6
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 1/12/2023
Updated: 11/7/2024
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: 4.4
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Moderate
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:redhat:enterprise_linux:expat-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:expat, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 1/12/2023
Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/24/2022
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2022-43680