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CentOS 9 : expat-2.5.0-4.el9

medium Nessus Plugin ID 210768

Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing a security update for expat.

Description

The remote CentOS Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the expat-2.5.0-4.el9 build changelog.

 - An issue was discovered in libexpat before 2.6.4. There is a crash within the XML_ResumeParser function because XML_StopParser can stop/suspend an unstarted parser. (CVE-2024-50602)

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 CentOS 9 Stream expat package.

See Also

https://kojihub.stream.centos.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=71548

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 210768

File Name: centos9_expat-2_5_0-4_71548.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/12/2024

Updated: 11/12/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-50602

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:expat, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:expat-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:expat-static, cpe:/a:centos:centos:9

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/8/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/27/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-50602

IAVA: 2024-A-0694