Google: dev-libs/expat: security update to 18244.151.57

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 450913

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- An issue was discovered in libexpat before 2.6.3. xmlparse.c does not reject a negative length for
XML_ParseBuffer. (CVE-2024-45490)

Solution

Update the dev-libs/expat library and its related packages to version 18244.151.57 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 450913

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: Google COS Security Checks

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/1/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5

Percentile: 94.44

Vendor

Vendor Severity: HIGH

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-45490

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/30/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-45490

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