CVE-2024-28757 Affecting expat package, versions <2.6.2-r0
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-ALPINE318-EXPAT-6446356
- published 15 Mar 2024
- disclosed 10 Mar 2024
Introduced: 10 Mar 2024
CVE-2024-28757 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Alpine:3.18 expat to version 2.6.2-r0 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream expat package and not the expat package as distributed by Alpine.
See How to fix? for Alpine:3.18 relevant fixed versions and status.
libexpat through 2.6.1 allows an XML Entity Expansion attack when there is isolated use of external parsers (created via XML_ExternalEntityParserCreate).
References
- https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/issues/839
- https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/pull/842
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FPLC6WDSRDUYS7F7JWAOVOHFNOUQ43DD/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LKJ7V5F6LJCEQJXDBWGT27J7NAP3E3N7/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240322-0001/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VK2O34GH43NTHBZBN7G5Y6YKJKPUCTBE/
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/15/1
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