Rocky Linux 8 [CIQ] Security Update: expat / expat-debuginfo / expat-debugsource / expat-devel Multiple Vulnerabilities (crlsa-2022_0951)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 358043

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 multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the CIQ crlsa-2022_0951 advisory.

* expat: Malformed 2- and 3-byte UTF-8 sequences can lead to arbitrary code execution (CVE-2022-25235)

* expat: Namespace-separator characters in xmlns[:prefix] attribute values can lead to arbitrary code execution (CVE-2022-25236)

* expat: Integer overflow in storeRawNames() (CVE-2022-25315)

* expat: Large number of prefixed XML attributes on a single tag can crash libexpat (CVE-2021-45960)

* expat: Integer overflow in doProlog in xmlparse.c (CVE-2021-46143)

* expat: Integer overflow in addBinding in xmlparse.c (CVE-2022-22822)

* expat: Integer overflow in build_model in xmlparse.c (CVE-2022-22823)

* expat: Integer overflow in defineAttribute in xmlparse.c (CVE-2022-22824)

* expat: Integer overflow in lookup in xmlparse.c (CVE-2022-22825)

* expat: Integer overflow in nextScaffoldPart in xmlparse.c (CVE-2022-22826)

* expat: Integer overflow in storeAtts in xmlparse.c (CVE-2022-22827)

* expat: Integer overflow in function XML_GetBuffer (CVE-2022-23852)

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-2022_0951.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:0951

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2044451

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2044455

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2044457

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2044464

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2044467

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2044479

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2044484

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2044488

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2044613

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2056363

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2056366

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2056370

https://errata.build.resf.org/RLSA-2022:0951

http://www.nessus.org/u?1f8a160e

http://www.nessus.org/u?3dae7663

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 358043

File Name: ciq_rocky_linux_8_crlsa-2022_0951.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/1/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, 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: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-45960

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-25315

Vulnerability Information

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/16/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/1/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-45960, CVE-2021-46143, CVE-2022-22822, CVE-2022-22823, CVE-2022-22824, CVE-2022-22825, CVE-2022-22826, CVE-2022-22827, CVE-2022-23852, CVE-2022-25235, CVE-2022-25236, CVE-2022-25315