Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 : 0021: expat (ALINUX3-SA-2022:0021)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 236603

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-2022:0021 advisory.

Package updates are available for Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 that fix the following vulnerabilities:

CVE-2021-45960:
In Expat (aka libexpat) before 2.4.3, a left shift by 29 (or more) places in the storeAtts function in xmlparse.c can lead to realloc misbehavior (e.g., allocating too few bytes, or only freeing memory).

CVE-2021-46143:
In doProlog in xmlparse.c in Expat (aka libexpat) before 2.4.3, an integer overflow exists for m_groupSize.

CVE-2022-22822:
addBinding in xmlparse.c in Expat (aka libexpat) before 2.4.3 has an integer overflow.

CVE-2022-22823:
build_model in xmlparse.c in Expat (aka libexpat) before 2.4.3 has an integer overflow.

CVE-2022-22824:
defineAttribute in xmlparse.c in Expat (aka libexpat) before 2.4.3 has an integer overflow.

CVE-2022-22825:
lookup in xmlparse.c in Expat (aka libexpat) before 2.4.3 has an integer overflow.

CVE-2022-22826:
nextScaffoldPart in xmlparse.c in Expat (aka libexpat) before 2.4.3 has an integer overflow.

CVE-2022-22827:
storeAtts in xmlparse.c in Expat (aka libexpat) before 2.4.3 has an integer overflow.

CVE-2022-23852:
Expat (aka libexpat) before 2.4.4 has a signed integer overflow in XML_GetBuffer, for configurations with a nonzero XML_CONTEXT_BYTES.

CVE-2022-25235:
xmltok_impl.c in Expat (aka libexpat) before 2.4.5 lacks certain validation of encoding, such as checks for whether a UTF-8 character is valid in a certain context.

CVE-2022-25236:
xmlparse.c in Expat (aka libexpat) before 2.4.5 allows attackers to insert namespace-separator characters into namespace URIs.

CVE-2022-25315:
In Expat (aka libexpat) before 2.4.5, there is an integer overflow in storeRawNames.

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.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 236603

File Name: alinux3_sa_2022-0021.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Family: Alibaba Cloud Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 5/14/2025

Updated: 5/14/2025

Supported Sensors: 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: 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 Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/22/2022

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

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