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Huawei EulerOS: Security Advisory for expat (EulerOS-SA-2019-2256)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
The remote host is missing an update for the Huawei EulerOS 'expat' package(s) announced via the EulerOS-SA-2019-2256 advisory.
Insight
Insight
An integer overflow during the parsing of XML using the Expat library. This vulnerability affects Firefox 50.(CVE-2016-9063) In libexpat before 2.2.8, crafted XML input could fool the parser into changing from DTD parsing to document parsing too early, a consecutive call to XML_GetCurrentLineNumber (or XML_GetCurrentColumnNumber) then resulted in a heap-based buffer over-read.(CVE-2019-15903) XML External Entity vulnerability in libexpat 2.2.0 and earlier (Expat XML Parser Library) allows attackers to put the parser in an infinite loop using a malformed external entity definition from an external DTD.(CVE-2017-9233)
Affected Software
Affected Software
'expat' package(s) on Huawei EulerOS V2.0SP3.
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
Please install the updated package(s).