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FreeBSD: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2017-9233): python 2.7 -- multiple vulnerabilities

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FreeBSD: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2017-9233): python 2.7 -- multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
06/18/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/11/2017
Modified
05/07/2019

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(s)

  • freebsd-upgrade-package-expat
  • freebsd-upgrade-package-libwww
  • freebsd-upgrade-package-python27

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