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

Severity

 Recommended
medium

Based on Rocky Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.09% (41st percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-ROCKY8-EXPATDEVEL-8134683
  • 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-devel 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-devel package and not the expat-devel 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).

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

9.8 critical
  • 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
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Red Hat

6.2 medium
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SUSE

6.2 medium