<p>Upgrade <code>Rocky-Linux:8</code> <code>expat</code> to version 0:2.2.5-15.el8_10 or higher.<br>This issue was patched in <code>RLSA-2024:6989</code>.</p>

Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting expat package, versions <0:2.2.5-15.el8_10

Threat Intelligence

0.09% (41^st percentile)

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Snyk ID SNYK-ROCKY8-EXPAT-8134665
published 1 Oct 2024
disclosed 30 Aug 2024

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Introduced: 30 Aug 2024

CVE-2024-45492 Open this link in a new tab CWE-190 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Rocky-Linux:8 expat to version 0:2.2.5-15.el8_10 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2024:6989.

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.

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

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

Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting expat package, versions <0:2.2.5-15.el8_10

Severity

Based on Rocky Linux security rating