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EulerOS 2.0 SP9 : python-lxml (EulerOS-SA-2024-2402)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 207122

Synopsis

The remote EulerOS host is missing a security update.

Description

According to the versions of the python-lxml package installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

 An XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in the ebookmeta.get_metadata function of lxml before v4.9.1 allows attackers to access sensitive information or cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via crafted XML input.(CVE-2024-37388)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS python-lxml 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 python-lxml packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?ec8b63ce

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 207122

File Name: EulerOS_SA-2024-2402.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 9/12/2024

Updated: 9/12/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.4

Temporal Score: 7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-37388

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 7.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:python3-lxml, cpe:/o:huawei:euleros:2.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/EulerOS/release, Host/EulerOS/rpm-list, Host/EulerOS/sp

Excluded KB Items: Host/EulerOS/uvp_version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/11/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/7/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-37388