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[slackware-security] expat

2019-09-1621:54:40
Slackware Linux Project
www.slackware.com
15

7.5 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

5 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

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

0.005 Low

EPSS

Percentile

76.2%

New expat packages are available for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, and -current
to fix a security issue.

Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog:

patches/packages/expat-2.2.8-i586-1_slack14.2.txz: Upgraded.
Fix heap overflow triggered by XML_GetCurrentLineNumber (or
XML_GetCurrentColumnNumber), and deny internal entities closing the doctype.
For more information, see:
https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2019-15903
(* Security fix *)

Where to find the new packages:

Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab
(http://osuosl.org) for donating FTP and rsync hosting
to the Slackware project! :-)

Also see the “Get Slack” section on http://slackware.com for
additional mirror sites near you.

Updated package for Slackware 14.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.0/patches/packages/expat-2.2.8-i486-1_slack14.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.0/patches/packages/expat-2.2.8-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.1/patches/packages/expat-2.2.8-i486-1_slack14.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.1/patches/packages/expat-2.2.8-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware 14.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.2/patches/packages/expat-2.2.8-i586-1_slack14.2.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.2/patches/packages/expat-2.2.8-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/l/expat-2.2.8-i586-1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/l/expat-2.2.8-x86_64-1.txz

MD5 signatures:

Slackware 14.0 package:
5083c04afc9877a10abe5bd151b7236d expat-2.2.8-i486-1_slack14.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.0 package:
77efa3806a9ed98fddc044e8f0d25f1d expat-2.2.8-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz

Slackware 14.1 package:
f68d41735c3cc218855491abe43b9755 expat-2.2.8-i486-1_slack14.1.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.1 package:
f9f9213aa7c70976a14676568ab414c8 expat-2.2.8-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz

Slackware 14.2 package:
c7c7a2e1055d12fe2a8b5ff6be640c52 expat-2.2.8-i586-1_slack14.2.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.2 package:
00632a5b09d08316ee66fa63e4e23d27 expat-2.2.8-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz

Slackware -current package:
fc31f923d41d753d2681472fb3203a27 l/expat-2.2.8-i586-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
51baab2bafea79c8b39f1d6a35db12b7 l/expat-2.2.8-x86_64-1.txz

Installation instructions:

Upgrade the package as root:
> upgradepkg expat-2.2.8-i586-1_slack14.2.txz

7.5 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

5 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

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

0.005 Low

EPSS

Percentile

76.2%