USN-6694-1

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    USN-6694-1

    Published: 14 Mar 2024Last Modified: 27 Apr 2026

    Summary: expat vulnerabilities

    Details: It was discovered that Expat could be made to consume large amounts of resources. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing specially crafted input, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2023-52425, CVE-2024-28757)

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6694-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-52425, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-28757

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: expat

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=jammy

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.4.7-1ubuntu0.3

    Affected versions

    2.4.1-2
    2.4.1-3
    2.4.2-1
    2.4.3-1
    2.4.3-2
    2.4.4-1
    2.4.6-1
    2.4.7-1
    2.4.7-1ubuntu0.1
    2.4.7-1ubuntu0.2

    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
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High