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Red Hat: CVE-2024-28757: expat: XML Entity Expansion (Multiple Advisories)

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Red Hat: CVE-2024-28757: expat: XML Entity Expansion (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
03/10/2024
Created
03/27/2024
Added
03/27/2024
Modified
03/27/2024

Description

libexpat through 2.6.1 allows an XML Entity Expansion attack when there is isolated use of external parsers (created via XML_ExternalEntityParserCreate).

Solution(s)

  • redhat-upgrade-expat
  • redhat-upgrade-expat-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-expat-debugsource
  • redhat-upgrade-expat-devel

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