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Ubuntu: USN-4825-1 (CVE-2017-9233): Coin3D vulnerability

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Ubuntu: USN-4825-1 (CVE-2017-9233): Coin3D vulnerability

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
06/18/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
07/19/2017
Modified
03/22/2023

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)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-lib64expat1
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libcoin80
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libcoin80-runtime
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libcoin80v5
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libexpat1

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