Use After Free Affecting expat-devel package, versions <0:2.2.10-12.el9_0.3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on AlmaLinux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.56% (79th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-ALMALINUX9-EXPATDEVEL-5620054
  • published 28 May 2023
  • disclosed 6 Oct 2022

How to fix?

Upgrade AlmaLinux:9 expat-devel to version 0:2.2.10-12.el9_0.3 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALSA-2022:6838.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream expat-devel package and not the expat-devel package as distributed by AlmaLinux. See How to fix? for AlmaLinux:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

libexpat before 2.4.9 has a use-after-free in the doContent function in xmlparse.c.

References

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

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

8.1 high
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Red Hat

8.1 high