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Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 : 0169: expat (ALINUX3-SA-2022:0169)
high Nessus Plugin ID 236699
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 a vulnerability as referenced in the ALINUX3-SA-2022:0169 advisory.Package updates are available for Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 that fix the following vulnerabilities:
CVE-2022-40674:
libexpat before 2.4.9 has a use-after-free in the doContent function in xmlparse.c.
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Alibaba Cloud Linux security advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue 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-20220169.xml
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 236699
File Name: alinux3_sa_2022-0169.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: High
Base Score: 7.6
Temporal Score: 5.6
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-40674
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 8.1
Temporal Score: 7.1
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/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: 10/12/2022
Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/14/2022
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2022-40674