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Fedora: Security Advisory for mingw-expat (FEDORA-2024-40b98c9ced)

2024-03-2500:00:00
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fedora
security advisory
mingw-expat
xml parser
vulnerability
update
stream-oriented
fedora 38

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

10.4%

The remote host is missing an update for the

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.886278");
  script_version("2024-04-18T05:05:33+0000");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2024-28757");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-04-18 05:05:33 +0000 (Thu, 18 Apr 2024)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2024-03-25 09:37:53 +0000 (Mon, 25 Mar 2024)");
  script_name("Fedora: Security Advisory for mingw-expat (FEDORA-2024-40b98c9ced)");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2024 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Fedora Local Security Checks");
  script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/fedora", "ssh/login/rpms", re:"ssh/login/release=FC38");

  script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"FEDORA-2024-40b98c9ced");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LKJ7V5F6LJCEQJXDBWGT27J7NAP3E3N7");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'mingw-expat'
  package(s) announced via the FEDORA-2024-40b98c9ced advisory.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"This is expat, the C library for parsing XML, written by James Clark. Expat
is a stream oriented XML parser. This means that you register handlers with
the parser prior to starting the parse. These handlers are called when the
parser discovers the associated structures in the document being parsed. A
start tag is an example of the kind of structures for which you may
register handlers.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'mingw-expat' package(s) on Fedora 38.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated package(s).");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");

  exit(0);
}

include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-rpm.inc");

release = rpm_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
  exit(0);

res = "";
report = "";

if(release == "FC38") {

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"mingw-expat", rpm:"mingw-expat~2.6.1~1.fc38", rls:"FC38"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(report != "") {
    security_message(data:report);
  } else if(__pkg_match) {
    exit(99);
  }
  exit(0);
}

exit(0);