Incorrect Calculation Affecting expat-debugsource package, versions <0:2.2.5-4.el8_5.3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Rocky Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    1.02% (85th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-ROCKY8-EXPATDEBUGSOURCE-3277089
  • published 3 Feb 2023
  • disclosed 1 Jan 2022

How to fix?

Upgrade Rocky-Linux:8 expat-debugsource 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-debugsource package and not the expat-debugsource package as distributed by Rocky-Linux. See How to fix? for Rocky-Linux:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

In Expat (aka libexpat) before 2.4.3, a left shift by 29 (or more) places in the storeAtts function in xmlparse.c can lead to realloc misbehavior (e.g., allocating too few bytes, or only freeing memory).

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

8.8 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    Low
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    High
  • Availability (A)
    High
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SUSE

6.4 medium
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Red Hat

8.8 high