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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2022-25236): Expat vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2022-25236): Expat vulnerabilities

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
02/16/2022
Created
03/16/2022
Added
02/22/2022
Modified
03/22/2023

Description

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

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-lib64expat1
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libexpat1
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libxmltok1

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