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Debian: CVE-2017-9233: expat -- security update

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Jun 18, 2017
Added
Jun 18, 2017
Modified
Mar 30, 2026

Description

XML External Entity vulnerability in libexpat 2.2.0 and earlier (Expat XML Parser Library) allows attackers to put the parser in an infinite loop using a malformed external entity definition from an external DTD.

Solution

debian-upgrade-expat
Title
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