Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting expat-devel package, versions <0:2.2.5-15.0.1.el8_10


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.09% (41st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE8-EXPATDEVEL-8097162
  • published26 Sept 2024
  • disclosed30 Aug 2024

Introduced: 30 Aug 2024

CVE-2024-45491  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:8 expat-devel to version 0:2.2.5-15.0.1.el8_10 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2024-6989.

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 Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in libexpat before 2.6.3. dtdCopy in xmlparse.c can have an integer overflow for nDefaultAtts on 32-bit platforms (where UINT_MAX equals SIZE_MAX).

CVSS Scores

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