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Debian: Security Advisory for expat (DSA-5085-1)

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

Debian Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

5.0

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

2 years ago

Modified

Modified

2 years ago

Summary

The remote host is missing an update for the 'expat' package(s) announced via the DSA-5085-1 advisory.

Insight

Insight

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in Expat, an XML parsing C library, which could result in denial of service or potentially the execution of arbitrary code, if a malformed XML file is processed.

Affected Software

Affected Software

'expat' package(s) on Debian Linux.

Detection Method

Detection Method

Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.

Solution

Solution

For the oldstable distribution (buster), these problems have been fixed in version 2.2.6-2+deb10u3. For the stable distribution (bullseye), these problems have been fixed in version 2.2.10-2+deb11u2. We recommend that you upgrade your expat packages.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)