Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output Affecting expat-debugsource package, versions <0:2.2.5-4.el8_5.3
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.82% (83rd
percentile)
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- published 3 Feb 2023
- disclosed 16 Feb 2022
Introduced: 16 Feb 2022
CVE-2022-25235 Open this link in a new tabHow 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.
xmltok_impl.c in Expat (aka libexpat) before 2.4.5 lacks certain validation of encoding, such as checks for whether a UTF-8 character is valid in a certain context.
References
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-25235
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3UFRBA3UQVIQKXTBUQXDWQOVWNBKLERU/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Y27XO3JMKAOMQZVPS3B4MJGEAHCZF5OM/
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/02/19/1
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-484086.pdf
- https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/pull/562
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00007.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3UFRBA3UQVIQKXTBUQXDWQOVWNBKLERU/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Y27XO3JMKAOMQZVPS3B4MJGEAHCZF5OM/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-24
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220303-0008/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5085
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
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