XML External Entity (XXE) Injection Affecting libexpat1-32bit package, versions <2.2.5-3.3.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
7.11% (94th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES150-LIBEXPAT132BIT-2743189
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed12 Jul 2019

Introduced: 12 Jul 2019

CVE-2018-20843  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-611  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.0 libexpat1-32bit to version 2.2.5-3.3.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libexpat1-32bit package and not the libexpat1-32bit package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.0 relevant fixed versions and status.

In libexpat in Expat before 2.2.7, XML input including XML names that contain a large number of colons could make the XML parser consume a high amount of RAM and CPU resources while processing (enough to be usable for denial-of-service attacks).

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CVSS Base Scores

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