MGASA-2017-0214

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    MGASA-2017-0214

    Published: 23 Jul 2017Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary: Updated expat packages fix security vulnerabilities

    Details: Gustavo Grieco discovered an integer overflow flaw during parsing of XML. An attacker can take advantage of this flaw to cause a denial of service against an application using the Expat library (CVE-2016-9063). Rhodri James discovered an infinite loop vulnerability within the entityValueInitProcessor() function while parsing malformed XML in an external entity. An attacker can take advantage of this flaw to cause a denial of service against an application using the Expat library (CVE-2017-9233).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0214.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21108, https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3898

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: expat

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/expat?arch=source&distro=mageia-5

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.1.0-9.5.mga5

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    User Interaction
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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