Rocky Linux 8 : xmlrpc-c (RLSA-2022:1643)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 184859

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-2022:1643 advisory.

- xmltok_impl.c in Expat (aka libexpat) before 2.4.5 lacks certain validation of encoding, such as checks for whether a UTF-8 character is valid in a certain context. (CVE-2022-25235)

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.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 184859

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2022-1643.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Family: Rocky Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 11/7/2023

Updated: 11/7/2023

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-25235

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:xmlrpc-c-c%2b%2b, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:xmlrpc-c-c%2b%2b-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:xmlrpc-c-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:xmlrpc-c-client, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:xmlrpc-c, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:xmlrpc-c-client%2b%2b, cpe:/o:rocky:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:xmlrpc-c-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:xmlrpc-c-client%2b%2b-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:xmlrpc-c-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:xmlrpc-c-client-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: 4/28/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/16/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-25235

Detections

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