vulnerability

Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2017-9233): Expat vulnerability

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Jun 18, 2017
Added
Jul 19, 2017
Modified
Apr 16, 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.

Solutions

ubuntu-pro-upgrade-libcoin80ubuntu-pro-upgrade-libcoin80-runtimeubuntu-pro-upgrade-libcoin80v5ubuntu-upgrade-lib64expat1ubuntu-upgrade-libexpat1

References

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