Expat vulnerability

2017-07-1900:00:00

ubuntu.com

CVSS2

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack 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

CVSS3

7.5

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

AI Score

8.8

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.003

Percentile

69.8%

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Releases

Ubuntu 12.04

Packages

expat - XML parsing C library

Details

USN-3356-1 fix a vulnerability in Expat. This update provides
the corresponding udpate for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that Expat incorrectly handled certain external entities.
A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Expat to hang,
resulting in a denial of service.

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
Ubuntu12.04noarchlibexpat1< 2.0.1-7.2ubuntu1.5UNKNOWN
Ubuntu12.04noarchlib64expat1< 2.0.1-7.2ubuntu1.5UNKNOWN