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Oracle Linux 8 : expat (ELSA-2024-6989)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 207710

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2024-6989 advisory.

 - lib: Prevent integer overflow in doProlog [CVE-2022-23990][Orabug: 33910314]
 - Fix CVE-2024-45492 integer overflow
 - Fix CVE-2024-45491 Integer Overflow or Wraparound
 - Fix CVE-2024-45490 Negative Length Parsing Vulnerability

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux 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 and / or expat-devel packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2024-6989.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 207710

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2024-6989.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/24/2024

Updated: 9/24/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-45492

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8:10:baseos_patch, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8::baseos_latest, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:expat, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:expat-devel

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/24/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/30/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-45490, CVE-2024-45491, CVE-2024-45492

IAVA: 2024-A-0543