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Package "expat"

Name: expat

Description:

XML parsing C library - example application
Latest version: 2.2.5-3ubuntu0.9
Release: bionic (18.04)
Level: security
Repository: universe
Homepage: https://libexpat.github.io/

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base universe 2.2.5-3
base main 2.2.5-3
security main 2.2.5-3ubuntu0.9
updates universe 2.2.5-3ubuntu0.9
updates main 2.2.5-3ubuntu0.9

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Version: 2.2.5-3ubuntu0.1 2019-06-26 20:07:42 UTC

  expat (2.2.5-3ubuntu0.1) bionic-security; urgency=medium

  * SECURITY UPDATE: Denial of service
    - debian/patches/CVE-2018-20843.patch: adds a break in
      setElementTypePrefix avoiding consume a high amount of RAM
      and CPU in expat/lib/xmlparser.c
    - CVE-2018-20843

 -- <email address hidden> (Leonidas S. Barbosa) Wed, 26 Jun 2019 12:14:29 -0300
CVE-2018-20843 In libexpat in Expat before 2.2.7, XML input including XML names that contain a large number of colons could make the XML parser consume a high amoun


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