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NewStart CGSL MAIN 6.02 : expat Vulnerability (NS-SA-2023-0072)

high Nessus Plugin ID 187339

Synopsis

The remote NewStart CGSL host is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version MAIN 6.02, has expat packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability:

 - libexpat before 2.4.9 has a use-after-free in the doContent function in xmlparse.c. (CVE-2022-40674)

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

Solution

Upgrade the vulnerable CGSL expat packages. Note that updated packages may not be available yet. Please contact ZTE for more information.

See Also

https://security.gd-linux.com/notice/NS-SA-2023-0072

https://security.gd-linux.com/info/CVE-2022-40674

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 187339

File Name: newstart_cgsl_NS-SA-2023-0072_expat.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Published: 12/27/2023

Updated: 12/27/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.6

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-40674

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/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:zte:cgsl_main:expat, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:expat-devel, cpe:/o:zte:cgsl_main:6

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/29/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/14/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-40674