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USN-7000-2: Expat vulnerabilities

17 September 2024

Several security issues were fixed in Expat.

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Releases

Packages

  • expat - XML parsing C library

Details

USN-7000-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Expat. This update
provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.

Original advisory details:

Shang-Hung Wan discovered that Expat did not properly handle certain
function calls when a negative input length was provided. An attacker
could use this issue to cause a denial of service or possibly execute
arbitrary code. (CVE-2024-45490)

Shang-Hung Wan discovered that Expat did not properly handle the
potential for an integer overflow on 32-bit platforms. An attacker
could use this issue to cause a denial of service or possibly execute
arbitrary code. (CVE-2024-45491, CVE-2024-45492)

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Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 22.04

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Related notices

  • USN-7000-1: lib64expat1-dev, libexpat1, lib64expat1, expat, libexpat1-dev
  • USN-7001-1: libxmltok, libxmltok1, libxmltok1-dev
  • USN-7001-2: libxmltok, libxmltok1t64, libxmltok1-dev