libexpat Security Vulnerabilities

libexpat is a streaming XML parser written in C. It can be used in a number of different ways. A security vulnerability exists in libexpat version 2.5.0 and earlier versions, which stems from the need for many complete re-parses in the case of large tokens that require multiple buffer fills...

CVE-2023-52426

libexpat through 2.5.0 allows recursive XML Entity Expansion if XMLDTD is undefined at compile time...

PT-2024-1782

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: libexpat versions 2.5.0 and earlier Description: The issue is related to an uncontrolled resource consumption in the libexpat library, which is used for XML parsing. This can be exploited by a remote attacker to cause a denial of service. The...

CVE-2023-52426

libexpat through 2.5.0 allows recursive XML Entity Expansion if XMLDTD is undefined at compile time...

CVE-2023-52425

CVE-2023-52425 affects libexpat up to version 2.5.0, causing a denial of service via resource exhaustion when parsing a very large token that requires multiple buffer fills and reparsing from the start. Connected advisories confirm the issue in expat and note public fixes in newer releases (e.g.,...

CVE-2023-52425

libexpat through 2.5.0 allows a denial of service resource consumption because many full reparsings are required in the case of a large token for which multiple buffer fills are needed...

CVE-2023-52425

libexpat through 2.5.0 allows a denial of service resource consumption because many full reparsings are required in the case of a large token for which multiple buffer fills are needed...

CVE-2023-52426

libexpat through 2.5.0 allows recursive XML Entity Expansion if XMLDTD is undefined at compile time...

CVE-2023-52426

CVE-2023-52426 affects libexpat up to version 2.5.0 and allows recursive XML Entity Expansion when XML_DTD is undefined at compile time. The connected advisories indicate the issue is real across multiple vendors (e.g., Broadcom/Brocade and Mariner/MSR contexts) and that fixes exist in libexpat 2...

CVE-2023-52425

libexpat through 2.5.0 allows a denial of service resource consumption because many full reparsings are required in the case of a large token for which multiple buffer fills are needed...

CVE-2023-52426

libexpat through 2.5.0 allows recursive XML Entity Expansion if XMLDTD is undefined at compile time...

NewStart CGSL MAIN 6.02 : expat Vulnerability (NS-SA-2023-0072)

The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version MAIN 6.02, has expat packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability: - libexpat before 2.4.9 has a use-after-free in the doContent function in xmlparse.c. CVE-2022-40674 Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied...

Rocky Linux 8 : xmlrpc-c (RLSA-2022:1643)

The remote Rocky Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RLSA-2022:1643 advisory. - xmltokimpl.c in Expat aka libexpat before 2.4.5 lacks certain validation of encoding, such as checks for whether a UTF-8 character is valid in a certain contex...

Rocky Linux 9 : expat (RLSA-2023:0337)

The remote Rocky Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RLSA-2023:0337 advisory. - In libexpat through 2.4.9, there is a use-after free caused by overeager destruction of a shared DTD in XMLExternalEntityParserCreate in out-of-memory...

Rocky Linux 8 : expat (RLSA-2022:6878)

The remote Rocky Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RLSA-2022:6878 advisory. - libexpat before 2.4.9 has a use-after-free in the doContent function in xmlparse.c. CVE-2022-40674 Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has inste...

Medium: expat

Issue Overview: Expat aka libexpat before 2.4.4 has an integer overflow in the doProlog function. CVE-2022-23990 Affected Packages: expat Issue Correction: Run yum update expat or yum update --advisory ALAS-2023-1882 to update your system. New Packages: i686: expat-devel-2.1.0-15.34.amzn1.i686...

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : VTK vulnerabilities (USN-4852-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4852-1 advisory. It was discovered that VTK incorrectly handled certain XML files in the embedded Expat library. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a deni...

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS : Thunderbird vulnerabilities (USN-4202-1)

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4202-1 advisory. It was discovered that a specially crafted S/MIME message with an inner encryption layer could be displayed as having a valid signature in some...

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : Coin3D vulnerability (USN-4825-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-4825-1 advisory. USN-3356-1 fix a vulnerability in Expat. This update provides the corresponding update for Coin3D for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Tenable has extracted...

Security Bulletin: IBM Security Verify Access Appliance has multiple security vulnerabilities

Summary There are multiple Security Vulnerabilities that were reported against the IBM Security Verify Access ISVA Appliance. These vulnerabilities have been addressed in the ISVA Appliance. Vulnerability Details CVEID:CVE-2022-4415 DESCRIPTION: systemd could allow a local authenticated attacker ...