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NewStart CGSL MAIN 7.02 : expat Vulnerability (NS-SA-2026-0035)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 304052

Synopsis

The remote NewStart CGSL host is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version MAIN 7.02, has expat packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability:

 - 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)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade the vulnerable CGSL expat packages. Note that updated packages may not be available yet. Please contact ZTE for more information.

See Also

https://security.gd-linux.com/notice/NS-SA-2026-0035

https://security.gd-linux.com/info/CVE-2024-45491

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 304052

File Name: newstart_cgsl_NS-SA-2026-0035_expat.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 3/28/2026

Updated: 3/28/2026

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-2024-45491

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: p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:expat, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:expat-doc, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:expat-core, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:expat-devel, cpe:/o:zte:cgsl_main:7, p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:expat-static

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/ZTE-CGSL/release, Host/ZTE-CGSL/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/27/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/30/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-45491

IAVA: 2024-A-0543-S