MGASA-2019-0321

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    MGASA-2019-0321

    Published: 7 Nov 2019Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2019-15903

    Summary: Updated expat packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: It was discovered that Expat did not properly handle internal entities closing the doctype, potentially resulting in denial of service or information disclosure if a malformed XML file is processed (CVE-2019-15903).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0321.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25661, https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/issues/317

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: expat

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/expat?arch=source&distro=mageia-7

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.2.7-1.1.mga7

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
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    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
    None
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    Availability
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