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Package "expat"

Name: expat

Description:

This package is just an umbrella for a group of other packages, it has no description.
Description samples from packages in group:

  • XML parsing C library - runtime library
  • XML parsing C library - development kit

Latest version: 2.2.9-1ubuntu0.8
Release: focal (20.04)
Level: security
Repository: main

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Changelog

Version: 2.2.9-1ubuntu0.8 2024-12-10 01:07:08 UTC

  expat (2.2.9-1ubuntu0.8) focal-security; urgency=medium

  * SECURITY UPDATE: denial-of-service via XML_ResumeParser
    - debian/patches/CVE-2024-50602-1.patch: Make function XML_StopParser of
      expat/lib/xmlparse.c refuse to stop/suspend an unstarted parser
    - debian/patches/CVE-2024-50602-2.patch: Add XML_PARSING case to parser
      state in function XML_StopParser of expat/lib/xmlparse.c
    - debian/patches/CVE-2024-50602-3.patch: Add tests for CVE-2024-50602 to
      expat/tests/runtests.c
    - CVE-2024-50602

 -- Nicolas Campuzano Jimenez <email address hidden> Sun, 01 Dec 2024 22:26:34 -0500

Source diff to previous version
CVE-2024-50602 An issue was discovered in libexpat before 2.6.4. There is a crash within the XML_ResumeParser function because XML_StopParser can stop/suspend an un

Version: 2.2.9-1ubuntu0.7 2024-09-11 19:06:56 UTC

  expat (2.2.9-1ubuntu0.7) focal-security; urgency=medium

  * SECURITY UPDATE: invalid input length
    - CVE-2024-45490-*.patch: adds a check to the XML_ParseBuffer function of
      expat/lib/xmlparse.c to identify and error out if a negative length is
      provided.
    - CVE-2024-45490
  * SECURITY UPDATE: integer overflow
    - CVE-2024-45491.patch: adds a check to the dtdCopy function of
      expat/lib/xmlparse.c to detect and prevent an integer overflow.
    - CVE-2024-45491
  * SECURITY UPDATE: integer overflow
    - CVE-2024-45492.patch: adds a check to the nextScaffoldPart function of
      expat/lib/xmlparse.c to detect and prevent an integer overflow.
    - CVE-2024-45492

 -- Ian Constantin <email address hidden> Tue, 10 Sep 2024 13:17:46 +0300

Source diff to previous version
CVE-2024-45490 An issue was discovered in libexpat before 2.6.3. xmlparse.c does not reject a negative length for XML_ParseBuffer.
CVE-2024-45491 An issue was discovered in libexpat before 2.6.3. dtdCopy in xmlparse.c can have an integer overflow for nDefaultAtts on 32-bit platforms (where UINT
CVE-2024-45492 An issue was discovered in libexpat before 2.6.3. nextScaffoldPart in xmlparse.c can have an integer overflow for m_groupSize on 32-bit platforms (wh

Version: 2.2.9-1ubuntu0.6 2022-11-23 13:07:24 UTC

  expat (2.2.9-1ubuntu0.6) focal-security; urgency=medium

  * SECURITY UPDATE: use-after-free
    - debian/patches/CVE-2022-43680-1.patch: adds tests to cover
      DTD destruction in XML_ExternalEntityParserCreate in
      expat/tests/runtests.c.
    - debian/patches/CVE-2022-43680-2.patch: fix overeager DTD
      destruction in XML_ExternalEntityParserCreate in
      expat/lib/xmlparse.c.
    - CVE-2022-43680

 -- David Fernandez Gonzalez <email address hidden> Fri, 18 Nov 2022 11:29:59 +0100

Source diff to previous version
CVE-2022-43680 In libexpat through 2.4.9, there is a use-after free caused by overeager destruction of a shared DTD in XML_ExternalEntityParserCreate in out-of-memo

Version: 2.2.9-1ubuntu0.5 2022-11-17 11:07:21 UTC

  expat (2.2.9-1ubuntu0.5) focal-security; urgency=medium

  * SECURITY UPDATE: Use-after-free in doContent
    - debian/patches/CVE-2022-40674.patch: ensure storeRawNames()
      is always called in func internalEntityProcessor if handling
      unbalanced tags in expat/lib/xmlparse.c.
    - CVE-2022-40674

 -- David Fernandez Gonzalez <email address hidden> Tue, 15 Nov 2022 16:11:03 +0100

Source diff to previous version
CVE-2022-40674 libexpat before 2.4.9 has a use-after-free in the doContent function in xmlparse.c.

Version: 2.2.9-1ubuntu0.4 2022-03-10 15:06:39 UTC

  expat (2.2.9-1ubuntu0.4) focal-security; urgency=medium

  * SECURITY UPDATE: Stack exhaustion
    - debian/patches/CVE-2022-25313.patch: prevent
      stack exhaustion in build_model in expat/lib/xmlparse.c.
    - debian/patches/fix-build_model-regression.patch: fix build_model
      regression in expat/lib/xmlparse.c.
    - debian/patches/protect-against-nested-element*: in expat/lib/xmlparse.
    - CVE-2022-25313
  * SECURITY UPDATE: Integer overflow
    - debian/patches/CVE-2022-25314.patch: prevent integer overflow in
      copyString in expat/lib/xmlparse.c.
    - CVE-2022-25314
  * SECURITY UPDATE: Integer overflow
    - debian/patches/CVE-2022-25315.patch: prevent integer overflow in
      storeRawNames in expat/lib/xmlparse.c.
    - CVE-2022-25315
  * SECURITY UPDATE: relax fix to CVE-2022-25236 with regard to
    RFC 3986 URI characters and possibly regressions
    - debian/patches/CVE-2022-25236-3.patch: add a note on namespace URI
      validation in expat/doc/reference.html, expat/lib/expat.h.
    - debian/patches/CVE-2022-25236-4.patch: document namespace separator
      effect right in header expat/lib/expat.h.
    - debian/patches/CVE-2022-25236-5.patch: cover relaxed fix in tests.
    - debian/patches/CVE-2022-25236-6.patch: relax fix with regard to
      RFC 3986 URI characters in expat/lib/xmlparse.c. (LP: #1963903)
  * removing duplicated tests
    - debian/patches/fix_test_dup.patch: removing tests were duplicated in
      expat/tests/runtests.c.

 -- Leonidas Da Silva Barbosa <email address hidden> Mon, 21 Feb 2022 15:48:46 -0300

1963903 expat relax fix for CVE-2022-25236 and possible regressions
CVE-2022-25313 In Expat (aka libexpat) before 2.4.5, an attacker can trigger stack exhaustion in build_model via a large nesting depth in the DTD element.
CVE-2022-25314 In Expat (aka libexpat) before 2.4.5, there is an integer overflow in copyString.
CVE-2022-25315 In Expat (aka libexpat) before 2.4.5, there is an integer overflow in storeRawNames.
CVE-2022-25236 xmlparse.c in Expat (aka libexpat) before 2.4.5 allows attackers to insert namespace-separator characters into namespace URIs.



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