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Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 : 0200: expat (ALINUX3-SA-2024:0200)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 236191
Synopsis
The remote Alibaba Cloud Linux host is missing one or more security updates.Description
The remote Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALINUX3-SA-2024:0200 advisory.Package updates are available for Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 that fix the following vulnerabilities:
CVE-2024-45490:
An issue was discovered in libexpat before 2.6.3. xmlparse.c does not reject a negative length for XML_ParseBuffer.
CVE-2024-45491:
An issue was discovered in libexpat before 2.6.3. dtdCopy in xmlparse.c can have an integer overflow for nDefaultAtts on 32-bit platforms (where UINT_MAX equals SIZE_MAX).
CVE-2024-45492:
An issue was discovered in libexpat before 2.6.3. nextScaffoldPart in xmlparse.c can have an integer overflow for m_groupSize on 32-bit platforms (where UINT_MAX equals SIZE_MAX).
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Alibaba Cloud 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 packages.See Also
http://mirrors.aliyun.com/alinux/3/cve/alinux3-sa-20240200.xml
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 236191
File Name: alinux3_sa_2024-0200.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: local
Published: 5/14/2025
Updated: 5/14/2025
Supported Sensors: 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:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:expat-devel, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:expat, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:expat-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:expat-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:expat-static
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/Alibaba/release, Host/Alibaba/rpm-list
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 9/29/2024
Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/12/2023