MGASA-2015-0285

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    MGASA-2015-0285

    Published: 27 Jul 2015Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-1283

    Summary: Updated expat package fixes security vulnerability

    Details: Multiple integer overflows in the XML_GetBuffer function in Expat through 2.1.0 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted XML data (CVE-2015-1283).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0285.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16477, http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.cz/2015/07/stable-channel-update_21.html

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: expat

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/expat?arch=source&distro=mageia-4

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.1.0-7.1.mga4

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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