Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting expat-static package, versions <0:2.1.0-14.el7_9


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.07% (90th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-EXPATSTATIC-2361086
  • published25 Jan 2022
  • disclosed23 Jan 2022

Introduced: 23 Jan 2022

CVE-2022-23852  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 expat-static to version 0:2.1.0-14.el7_9 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2022:1069.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream expat-static package and not the expat-static package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 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.

CVSS Scores

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