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CentOS 9 : expat-2.2.10-10.el9
critical Nessus Plugin ID 191310
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Synopsis
The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates for expat.Description
The remote CentOS Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the expat-2.2.10-10.el9 build changelog.- malformed 2 (CVE-2022-25235)
- namespace-separator characters in xmlns[:prefix] attribute values can lead to arbitrary code execution (CVE-2022-25236)
- integer overflow in storeRawNames() (CVE-2022-25315)
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Update the CentOS 9 Stream expat package.See Also
https://kojihub.stream.centos.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=17506
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 191310
File Name: centos9_expat-2_2_10-10.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: CentOS Local Security Checks
Published: 2/29/2024
Updated: 4/26/2024
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 5.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-25315
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 9.8
Temporal Score: 8.8
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:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/a:centos:centos:9, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:expat-static, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:expat, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:expat-devel
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/CentOS/release, Host/CentOS/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 3/3/2022
Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/16/2022