MGASA-2017-0214

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Source
https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0214.html
Import Source
https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0214.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MGASA-2017-0214
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Published
2017-07-23T19:58:56Z
Modified
2017-07-23T19:45:29Z
Summary
Updated expat packages fix security vulnerabilities
Details

Gustavo Grieco discovered an integer overflow flaw during parsing of XML. An attacker can take advantage of this flaw to cause a denial of service against an application using the Expat library (CVE-2016-9063).

Rhodri James discovered an infinite loop vulnerability within the entityValueInitProcessor() function while parsing malformed XML in an external entity. An attacker can take advantage of this flaw to cause a denial of service against an application using the Expat library (CVE-2017-9233).

References
Credits

Affected packages

Mageia:5 / expat

Package

Name
expat
Purl
pkg:rpm/mageia/expat?distro=mageia-5

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.1.0-9.5.mga5

Ecosystem specific 

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