ALPINE-CVE-2017-9233

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    ALPINE-CVE-2017-9233

    Published: 25 Jul 2017Last Modified: 15 Jun 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-9233

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2017-9233

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: expat

    Purl: pkg:apk/alpine/expat?arch=source

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.2.0-r1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High