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Rocky Linux: CVE-2023-52425: expat (RLSA-2024-1615)

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Rocky Linux: CVE-2023-52425: expat (RLSA-2024-1615)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
02/04/2024
Created
04/09/2024
Added
04/08/2024
Modified
05/02/2024

Description

libexpat through 2.5.0 allows a denial of service (resource consumption) because many full reparsings are required in the case of a large token for which multiple buffer fills are needed.

Solution(s)

  • rocky-upgrade-expat
  • rocky-upgrade-expat-debuginfo
  • rocky-upgrade-expat-debugsource
  • rocky-upgrade-expat-devel

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