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Oracle Linux 8 : expat (ELSA-2024-1615)

high Nessus Plugin ID 192909

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2024-1615 advisory.

 - lib: Prevent integer overflow in doProlog [CVE-2022-23990][Orabug: 33910314]
 - CVE-2023-52425 expat: parsing large tokens can trigger a denial of service

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

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 expat and / or expat-devel packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2024-1615.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 192909

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2024-1615.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/3/2024

Updated: 9/21/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-52425

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8::baseos_latest, cpe:/a:oracle:exadata_dbserver:23.1.14.0.0::ol8, cpe:/a:oracle:exadata_dbserver:24.1.0.0.0::ol8, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:expat, cpe:/a:oracle:exadata_dbserver:23.1.13.0.0::ol8, cpe:/a:oracle:exadata_dbserver:23.1.15.0.0::ol8, cpe:/a:oracle:exadata_dbserver:24.1.3.0.0::ol8, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8:9:baseos_patch, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:expat-devel, cpe:/a:oracle:exadata_dbserver:24.1.1.0.0::ol8, cpe:/a:oracle:exadata_dbserver:24.1.4.0.0::ol8

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/OracleLinux

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/3/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/4/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-52425

IAVA: 2024-A-0134-S