XML External Entity (XXE) Injection Affecting libmozjs-78-0 package, versions <78.15.0-150400.3.6.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (19th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES156-LIBMOZJS780-8172816
  • published10 Oct 2024
  • disclosed9 Oct 2024

Introduced: 9 Oct 2024

CVE-2024-45490  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-611  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.6 libmozjs-78-0 to version 78.15.0-150400.3.6.2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libmozjs-78-0 package and not the libmozjs-78-0 package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.6 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in libexpat before 2.6.3. xmlparse.c does not reject a negative length for XML_ParseBuffer.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1