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Rocky Linux 8 : libxml2 (RLSA-2022:0899)

high Nessus Plugin ID 185042

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-2022:0899 advisory.

 - valid.c in libxml2 before 2.9.13 has a use-after-free of ID and IDREF attributes. (CVE-2022-23308)

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-2022:0899

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2056913

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 185042

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2022-0899.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Published: 11/7/2023

Updated: 11/7/2023

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: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-23308

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:libxml2-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python3-libxml2-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libxml2-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python3-libxml2, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libxml2, cpe:/o:rocky:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libxml2-debugsource

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: 3/15/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/26/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-23308