Rocky Linux 8 : mingw-expat (RLSA-2022:7811)

high Nessus Plugin ID 170780

Synopsis

The remote Rocky Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Rocky Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RLSA-2022:7811 advisory.

- Expat (aka libexpat) before 2.4.4 has an integer overflow in the doProlog function. (CVE-2022-23990)

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://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2022:7811

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2048356

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2056350

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2056354

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2056363

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2056366

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2056370

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 170780

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2022-7811.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Published: 1/30/2023

Updated: 3/21/2023

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-2022-23990

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: p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:mingw64-expat-static, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:mingw64-expat-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:mingw32-expat, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:mingw64-expat, cpe:/o:rocky:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:mingw32-expat-static, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:mingw32-expat-debuginfo

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/30/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/30/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-23990