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Rocky Linux 9 [CIQ] Security Update: expat / expat-debuginfo / expat-debugsource / expat-devel Multiple Vulnerabilities (crlsa-2024_6754)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 355824
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Synopsis
The Rocky Linux host is missing one or more security updates.Description
The Rocky Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the CIQ crlsa-2024_6754 advisory.* libexpat: Negative Length Parsing Vulnerability in libexpat (CVE-2024-45490)
* libexpat: Integer Overflow or Wraparound (CVE-2024-45491)
* libexpat: integer overflow (CVE-2024-45492)
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the CIQ 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 based on the guidance in CIQ advisory crlsa-2024_6754.See Also
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:6754
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2308615
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2308616
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2308617
https://errata.build.resf.org/RLSA-2024:6754
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 355824
File Name: ciq_rocky_linux_9_crlsa-2024_6754.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: Local
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: Medium
Score: 6.9
Percentile: 96.98
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Unknown
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
Required KB Items: Host/OS/extended-third-party, Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RockyLinux/release, Host/RockyLinux/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 9/30/2024
Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/30/2024