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RHEL 8 : xmlrpc-c (RHSA-2024:4259)
high Nessus Plugin ID 201297
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for xmlrpc-c.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2024:4259 advisory.XML-RPC is a remote procedure call (RPC) protocol that uses XML to encode its calls and HTTP as a transport mechanism. The xmlrpc-c packages provide a network protocol to allow a client program to make a simple RPC (remote procedure call) over the Internet. It converts an RPC into an XML document, sends it to a remote server using HTTP, and gets back the response in XML.
Security Fix(es):
* expat: parsing large tokens can trigger a denial of service (CVE-2023-52425)
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise 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 RHEL xmlrpc-c package based on the guidance in RHSA-2024:4259.See Also
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2262877
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 201297
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2024-4259.nasl
Version: 1.2
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 7/2/2024
Updated: 11/7/2024
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Moderate
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: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xmlrpc-c-client%2b%2b, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xmlrpc-c-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xmlrpc-c-client, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xmlrpc-c-c%2b%2b, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.10, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xmlrpc-c, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 7/2/2024
Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/4/2024
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2023-52425