Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting expat package, versions <0:2.2.5-4.el8_5.3
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- published 10 Apr 2022
- disclosed 24 Jan 2022
Introduced: 24 Jan 2022
CVE-2022-23852 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Oracle:8 expat to version 0:2.2.5-4.el8_5.3 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2022-0951.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream expat package and not the expat package as distributed by Oracle.
See How to fix? for Oracle:8 relevant fixed versions and status.
Expat (aka libexpat) before 2.4.4 has a signed integer overflow in XML_GetBuffer, for configurations with a nonzero XML_CONTEXT_BYTES.
References
- https://linux.oracle.com/cve/CVE-2022-23852.html
- https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2022-0951.html
- https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2022-1069.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-484086.pdf
- https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/pull/550
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00007.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-24
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220217-0001/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5073
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2022-05
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