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CVE-2024-50602 Affecting expat package, versions <0:2.5.0-3.el9_5.1

Severity

 Recommended
medium

Based on AlmaLinux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.04% (11th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-ALMALINUX9-EXPAT-8383522
  • published 18 Nov 2024
  • disclosed 13 Nov 2024
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Introduced: 13 Nov 2024

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How to fix?

Upgrade AlmaLinux:9 expat to version 0:2.5.0-3.el9_5.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALSA-2024:9541.

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:9 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 Scores

version 3.1
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Red Hat

5.9 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    High
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    None
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    High
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SUSE

5.5 medium