QID 240245

Date Published: 2022-05-02

QID 240245: Red Hat Update for xmlrpc-c (RHSA-2022:1540)

xml-rpc is a remote procedure call (rpc) protocol that uses xml to encode its calls and http as a transport mechanism.
The xmlrpc-c packages provide a network protocol to allow a client program to make a simple rpc (remote procedure call) over the internet.
It converts an rpc into an xml document, sends it to a remote server using http, and gets back the response in xml.

Security Fix(es):

expat: malformed 2- and 3-byte utf-8 sequences can lead to arbitrary code execution (cve-2022-25235)

Affected Products:

Red Hat enterprise linux for x86_64 - extended update support 8.2 x86_64
Red Hat enterprise linux server - aus 8.2 x86_64
Red Hat enterprise linux for ibm z systems - extended update support 8.2 s390x
Red Hat enterprise linux for power, little endian - extended update support 8.2 ppc64le
Red Hat enterprise linux server - tus 8.2 x86_64
Red Hat enterprise linux for arm 64 - extended update support 8.2 aarch64
Red Hat enterprise linux server for power le - update services for sap solutions 8.2 ppc64le
Red Hat enterprise linux server for x86_64 - update services for sap solutions 8.2 x86_64
Red Hat codeready linux builder for x86_64 - extended update support 8.2 x86_64
Red Hat codeready linux builder for power, little endian - extended update support 8.2 ppc64le
Red Hat codeready linux builder for ibm z systems - extended update support 8.2 s390x
Red Hat codeready linux builder for arm 64 - extended update support 8.2 aarch64

Note: The preceding description block is extracted directly from the security advisory. Using automation, we have attempted to clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to a security breach or could affect integrity, availability, and confidentiality.

CVSS V3 rated as Critical - 9.8 severity.

CVSS V2 rated as High - 7.5 severity.

Solution

Refer to Red Hat security advisory RHSA-2022:1540 for updates and patch information.

Vendor References

RHSA-2022:1540 - access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1540

CVEs related to QID 240245

CVE-2022-25235 |

Software Advisories

Advisory ID	Software	Component	Link
RHSA-2022:1540	Red Hat Enterprise Linux		access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1540

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