XML External Entity (XXE) Injection Affecting expat-devel package, versions <0:2.5.0-2.el9_4.1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on AlmaLinux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.05% (19th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-ALMALINUX9-EXPATDEVEL-8066403
  • published 20 Sep 2024
  • disclosed 18 Sep 2024

How to fix?

Upgrade AlmaLinux:9 expat-devel to version 0:2.5.0-2.el9_4.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALSA-2024:6754.

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.

An issue was discovered in libexpat before 2.6.3. xmlparse.c does not reject a negative length for XML_ParseBuffer.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

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

9.4 critical
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SUSE

6.2 medium