Rocky Linux 8 [CIQ] Security Update: xmlrpc-c / xmlrpc-c-c++ / xmlrpc-c-c++-debuginfo / xmlrpc-c-client / etc (crlsa-2024_4259)

high Nessus Plugin ID 353975

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Synopsis

The Rocky Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The Rocky Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CIQ crlsa-2024_4259 advisory.

* expat: parsing large tokens can trigger a denial of service (CVE-2023-52425)

This advisory is provided by Ctrl IQ, Inc for Rocky Linux systems. For more information about CIQ security practices, visit https://ciq.com/security.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the CIQ 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 based on the guidance in CIQ advisory crlsa-2024_4259.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 353975

File Name: ciq_rocky_linux_8_crlsa-2024_4259.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Family: Rocky Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/1/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.67

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Unknown

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-52425

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: Host/OS/extended-third-party, Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RockyLinux/release, Host/RockyLinux/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/7/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/12/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-52425

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