Resource Exhaustion Affecting expat package, versions <0:2.2.5-8.el8_6.2
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
User Interaction
Required
Availability
High
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS8-EXPAT-2408665
- published 22 Feb 2022
- disclosed 19 Feb 2022
How to fix?
Upgrade Centos:8
expat
to version 0:2.2.5-8.el8_6.2 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 Centos:8
.
See How to fix?
for Centos:8
relevant fixed versions and status.
In Expat (aka libexpat) before 2.4.5, an attacker can trigger stack exhaustion in build_model via a large nesting depth in the DTD element.