<p>Upgrade <code>Rocky-Linux:8</code> <code>expat</code> to version 0:2.2.5-4.el8_5.3 or higher.<br>This issue was patched in <code>RLSA-2022:0951</code>.</p>

Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere Affecting expat package, versions <0:2.2.5-4.el8_5.3

Threat Intelligence

4.87% (93^rd percentile)

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Snyk ID SNYK-ROCKY8-EXPAT-3277178
published 3 Feb 2023
disclosed 16 Feb 2022

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Introduced: 16 Feb 2022

CVE-2022-25236 Open this link in a new tab CWE-668 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Rocky-Linux:8 expat to version 0:2.2.5-4.el8_5.3 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-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 Rocky-Linux. See How to fix? for Rocky-Linux:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

xmlparse.c in Expat (aka libexpat) before 2.4.5 allows attackers to insert namespace-separator characters into namespace URIs.

References

CVSS Scores

version 3.1

Attack Vector (AV)

Network
Attack Complexity (AC)

Low
Privileges Required (PR)

None
User Interaction (UI)

None

Scope (S)

Unchanged

Confidentiality (C)

High
Integrity (I)

High
Availability (A)

High

Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere Affecting expat package, versions <0:2.2.5-4.el8_5.3

Severity

Based on Rocky Linux security rating