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EulerOS Virtualization 2.12.1 : expat (EulerOS-SA-2025-1553)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 236901
Synopsis
The remote EulerOS Virtualization host is missing multiple security updates.Description
According to the versions of the expat package installed, the EulerOS Virtualization installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :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-2024-45491)
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).(CVE-2024-45492)
An issue was discovered in libexpat before 2.6.3. xmlparse.c does not reject a negative length for XML_ParseBuffer.(CVE-2024-45490)
An issue was discovered in libexpat before 2.6.4. There is a crash within the XML_ResumeParser function because XML_StopParser can stop/suspend an unstarted parser.(CVE-2024-50602)
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS Virtualization expat 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 packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 236901
File Name: EulerOS_SA-2025-1553.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: local
Family: Huawei Local Security Checks
Published: 5/17/2025
Updated: 5/17/2025
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:huawei:euleros:uvp:2.12.1, p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:expat
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/EulerOS/release, Host/EulerOS/rpm-list, Host/EulerOS/uvp_version
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 5/12/2025
Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/12/2023
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2024-45490, CVE-2024-45491, CVE-2024-45492, CVE-2024-50602
IAVA: 2024-A-0543-S, 2024-A-0694-S