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EulerOS Virtualization 2.10.0 : expat (EulerOS-SA-2024-2116)
high Nessus Plugin ID 205843
Synopsis
The remote EulerOS Virtualization host is missing multiple security updates.Description
According to the versions of the expat package installed, the EulerOS Virtualization installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :libexpat through 2.5.0 allows a denial of service (resource consumption) because many full reparsings are required in the case of a large token for which multiple buffer fills are needed.(CVE-2023-52425)
libexpat through 2.6.1 allows an XML Entity Expansion attack when there is isolated use of external parsers (created via XML_ExternalEntityParserCreate).(CVE-2024-28757)
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS Virtualization expat security advisory.
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 affected expat packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 205843
File Name: EulerOS_SA-2024-2116.nasl
Version: 1.2
Type: local
Family: Huawei Local Security Checks
Published: 8/19/2024
Updated: 11/4/2024
Supported Sensors: 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:huawei:euleros:uvp:2.10.0, p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:expat
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/EulerOS/release, Host/EulerOS/rpm-list, Host/EulerOS/uvp_version
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 8/19/2024
Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/4/2024
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2023-52425, CVE-2024-28757
IAVA: 2024-A-0134-S, 2024-A-0192-S