Use After Free Affecting redhat-virtualization-host-image-update package, versions <0:4.5.3-202211170828_8.6


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.25% (83rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-REDHATVIRTUALIZATIONHOSTIMAGEUPDATE-5354791
  • published29 Sept 2022
  • disclosed14 Sept 2022

Introduced: 14 Sep 2022

CVE-2022-40674  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 redhat-virtualization-host-image-update to version 0:4.5.3-202211170828_8.6 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2022:8598.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream redhat-virtualization-host-image-update package and not the redhat-virtualization-host-image-update package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

libexpat before 2.4.9 has a use-after-free in the doContent function in xmlparse.c.

References

CVSS Base Scores

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