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Echo: expat: security update to 2.5.0-1+deb12u1-e1

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 457989

Description

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

 - 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)

Solution

Update the expat library and its related packages to version 2.5.0-1+deb12u1-e1 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2024-28757

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 457989

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.51

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-2024-28757

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/15/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/12/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-28757

IAVA: 2024-A-0192-S