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Oracle Linux 7 : expat (ELSA-2022-1069)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 159295

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2022-1069 advisory.

 - lib: Prevent integer overflow in doProlog [CVE-2022-23990][Orabug: 33910302]
 - CVE-2022-25236 expat: namespace-separator characters in 'xmlns[:prefix]' attribute values can lead to arbitrary code execution
 - CVE-2022-25235 expat: malformed 2- and 3-byte UTF-8 sequences can lead to arbitrary code execution
 - CVE-2022-25315 expat: integer overflow in storeRawNames()
 - Resolves: CVE-2022-25236
 - Resolves: CVE-2022-25235
 - Resolves: CVE-2022-25315
 - CVE-2022-23852 expat: integer overflow in function XML_GetBuffer
 - CVE-2021-45960 expat: Large number of prefixed XML attributes on a single tag can crash libexpat
 - CVE-2021-46143 expat: Integer overflow in doProlog in xmlparse.c
 - CVE-2022-22827 Integer overflow in storeAtts in xmlparse.c
 - CVE-2022-22826 Integer overflow in nextScaffoldPart in xmlparse.c
 - CVE-2022-22825 Integer overflow in lookup in xmlparse.c
 - CVE-2022-22824 Integer overflow in defineAttribute in xmlparse.c
 - CVE-2022-22823 Integer overflow in build_model in xmlparse.c
 - CVE-2022-22822 Integer overflow in addBinding in xmlparse.c
 - Resolves: CVE-2022-23852
 - Resolves: CVE-2021-45960
 - Resolves: CVE-2021-46143
 - Resolves: CVE-2022-22827
 - Resolves: CVE-2022-22826
 - Resolves: CVE-2022-22825
 - Resolves: CVE-2022-22824
 - Resolves: CVE-2022-22823

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, expat-devel and / or expat-static packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2022-1069.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 159295

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2022-1069.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/29/2022

Updated: 10/22/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-45960

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-25315

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:expat-static, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:expat, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:expat-devel

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/28/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/1/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-45960, CVE-2021-46143, CVE-2022-22822, CVE-2022-22823, CVE-2022-22824, CVE-2022-22825, CVE-2022-22826, CVE-2022-22827, CVE-2022-23852, CVE-2022-25235, CVE-2022-25236, CVE-2022-25315