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IBM HTTP Server: CVE-2022-25236: libexpat is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by improper protection against insertion of namesep characters into namespace URIs in xmlparse.c

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IBM HTTP Server: CVE-2022-25236: libexpat is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by improper protection against insertion of namesep characters into namespace URIs in xmlparse.c

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
02/16/2022
Created
09/06/2022
Added
08/31/2022
Modified
06/29/2023

Description

xmlparse.c in Expat (aka libexpat) before 2.4.5 allows attackers to insert namespace-separator characters into namespace URIs.

Solution(s)

  • ibm-http_server-apply-interim-fix-ph44271-for-7_0
  • ibm-http_server-apply-interim-fix-ph44271-for-8_0
  • ibm-http_server-apply-interim-fix-ph44271-for-8_5
  • ibm-http_server-apply-interim-fix-ph44271-for-9_0

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