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Expat: Denial of Service

2022-10-3100:00:00
Gentoo Foundation
security.gentoo.org
21
expat
xml parsing
use-after-free
vulnerability
denial of service
upgrade

CVSS3

7.5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS

0.004

Percentile

74.1%

Background

Expat is a set of XML parsing libraries.

Description

In certain out-of-memory situations, Expat may free memory before it should, leading to a use-after-free.

Impact

A use-after-free can result in denial of service.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Expat users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/expat-2.5.0"
OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
Gentooanyalldev-libs/expat<ย 2.5.0UNKNOWN

CVSS3

7.5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS

0.004

Percentile

74.1%