#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Tencent Linux Security Advisory TSSA-2022:0042.
##
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(239375);
script_version("1.3");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2025/11/22");
script_cve_id("CVE-2018-20843", "CVE-2019-15903");
script_xref(name:"CEA-ID", value:"CEA-2021-0025");
script_name(english:"TencentOS Server 3: expat (TSSA-2022:0042)");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote TencentOS Server 3 host is missing one or more security updates.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The version of Tencent Linux installed on the remote TencentOS Server 3 host is prior to tested version. It is,
therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the TSSA-2022:0042 advisory.
Package updates are available for TencentOS Server 3 that fix the following vulnerabilities:
CVE-2018-20843:
In libexpat in Expat before 2.2.7, XML input including XML names that contain a large number of colons
could make the XML parser consume a high amount of RAM and CPU resources while processing (enough to be
usable for denial-of-service attacks).
CVE-2019-15903:
In libexpat before 2.2.8, crafted XML input could fool the parser into changing from DTD parsing to
document parsing too early; a consecutive call to XML_GetCurrentLineNumber (or XML_GetCurrentColumnNumber)
then resulted in a heap-based buffer over-read.
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Tencent Linux security advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://mirrors.tencent.com/tlinux/errata/tssa-20220042.xml");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected packages.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2018-20843");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss3_score_source", value:"CVE-2019-15903");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2022/06/28");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2022/06/28");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2025/06/16");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:tencent:tencentos_server:3");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:tencent:tencentos_server:expat");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"Tencent Local Security Checks");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2025 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info2.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/etc/os-release", "Host/TencentOS/rpm-list", "Host/cpu");
exit(0);
}
include('rpm2.inc');
if (!get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled')) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var os_product = get_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/product');
if (isnull(os_product) || 'TencentOS' >!< os_product) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'TencentOS');
var os_version = get_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/version');
if (isnull(os_version)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, 'TencentOS');
if (! preg(pattern:"^3([^0-9]|$)", string:os_version)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'TencentOS 3.x', 'TencentOS ' + os_version);
if (!get_kb_item('Host/TencentOS/rpm-list')) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && 's390' >!< cpu && 'aarch64' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'TencentOS', cpu);
var constraints = [
{
'release': '3',
'pkgs': [
{'reference':'expat-2.2.5-4.tl3', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'expat-2.2.5-4.tl3', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'expat-debuginfo-2.2.5-4.tl3', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'expat-debuginfo-2.2.5-4.tl3', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'expat-debugsource-2.2.5-4.tl3', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'expat-debugsource-2.2.5-4.tl3', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'expat-devel-2.2.5-4.tl3', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'expat-devel-2.2.5-4.tl3', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'expat-static-2.2.5-4.tl3', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'expat-static-2.2.5-4.tl3', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE}
]
}
];
var os_release = get_one_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/release');
var os_sp = get_one_kb_item('Host/*/minor_release');
var flag = 0;
var reference;
var sp;
var _cpu;
var el_string;
var rpm_spec_vers_cmp;
var epoch;
var allowmaj;
var exists_check;
var cves;
foreach var constraint ( constraints ) {
# Check that the target release is equal to the affected release
if (!empty_or_null(constraint['release'])){
if (constraint['release'] != os_release) continue;
}
if (!empty_or_null(constraint['sp'])){
if (constraint['sp'] != os_sp) continue;
}
foreach var pkg ( constraint['pkgs'] ) {
reference = NULL;
sp = NULL;
_cpu = NULL;
el_string = NULL;
rpm_spec_vers_cmp = NULL;
epoch = NULL;
allowmaj = NULL;
exists_check = NULL;
cves = NULL;
if (!empty_or_null(pkg['reference'])) reference = pkg['reference'];
if (!empty_or_null(pkg['sp'])) sp = pkg['sp'];
if (!empty_or_null(pkg['cpu'])) _cpu = pkg['cpu'];
if (!empty_or_null(pkg['el_string'])) el_string = pkg['el_string'];
if (!empty_or_null(pkg['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'])) rpm_spec_vers_cmp = pkg['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'];
if (!empty_or_null(pkg['epoch'])) epoch = pkg['epoch'];
if (!empty_or_null(pkg['allowmaj'])) allowmaj = pkg['allowmaj'];
if (!empty_or_null(pkg['exists_check'])) exists_check = pkg['exists_check'];
if (!empty_or_null(pkg['cves'])) cves = pkg['cves'];
if (reference &&
## (no known rpm to check OR known rpm_exists)
(!exists_check || rpm_exists(rpm:exists_check)) &&
rpm_check(sp:sp, cpu:_cpu, reference:reference, epoch:epoch, el_string:el_string, rpm_spec_vers_cmp:rpm_spec_vers_cmp, allowmaj:allowmaj, cves:cves)) flag++;
}
}
if (flag)
{
security_report_v4(
port : 0,
severity : SECURITY_HOLE,
extra : rpm_report_get()
);
exit(0);
}
else
{
var tested = pkg_tests_get();
if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'expat / expat-debuginfo / expat-debugsource / etc');
}
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