Expat (aka libexpat) before 2.4.4 has a signed integer overflow in XML_GetBuffer, for configurations with a nonzero XML_CONTEXT_BYTES.
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nextScaffoldPart in xmlparse.c in Expat (aka libexpat) before 2.4.3 has an integer overflow.
lookup in xmlparse.c in Expat (aka libexpat) before 2.4.3 has an integer overflow.
defineAttribute in xmlparse.c in Expat (aka libexpat) before 2.4.3 has an integer overflow.
build_model in xmlparse.c in Expat (aka libexpat) before 2.4.3 has an integer overflow.
addBinding in xmlparse.c in Expat (aka libexpat) before 2.4.3 has an integer overflow.
In doProlog in xmlparse.c in Expat (aka libexpat) before 2.4.3, an integer overflow exists for m_groupSize.
In Expat (aka libexpat) before 2.4.3, a left shift by 29 (or more) places in the storeAtts function in xmlparse.c can lead to realloc misbehavior (e.g., allocating too few bytes, or only freeing memory).
Nessus versions 8.15.2 and earlier were found to contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability which could allow an authenticated, local administrator to run specific executables on the Nessus Agent host. Tenable has included a fix for this issue in Nessus 10.0.0. The installation files can be obtained from the Tenable Downloads Portal (https://www.tenable.com/downloads/nessus).