CVE-2024-50602 Affecting expat package, versions <0:2.2.5-16.el8_10


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on AlmaLinux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (12th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALMALINUX8-EXPAT-8367157
  • published13 Nov 2024
  • disclosed13 Nov 2024

Introduced: 13 Nov 2024

CVE-2024-50602  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade AlmaLinux:8 expat to version 0:2.2.5-16.el8_10 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALSA-2024:9502.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream expat package and not the expat package as distributed by AlmaLinux. See How to fix? for AlmaLinux:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in libexpat before 2.6.4. There is a crash within the XML_ResumeParser function because XML_StopParser can stop/suspend an unstarted parser.

CVSS Base Scores

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