Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201605-22
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Severity: Critical
Date    : 2016-05-18
CVE-ID  : CVE-2015-1283 CVE-2016-0718
Package : expat
Type    : arbitrary code execution
Remote  : Yes
Link    : https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/CVE

Summary
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The package expat before version 2.1.1-2 is vulnerable to arbitrary
code execution.

Resolution
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Upgrade to 2.1.1-2.

# pacman -Syu "expat>=2.1.1-2"

The problems have been fixed upstream but no release is available yet.

Workaround
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None.

Description
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- CVE-2015-1283 (arbitrary code execution)

Multiple integer overflows in the XML_GetBuffer function allow remote
attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or
possibly arbitrary code execution via crafted XML data.
This problem has already been fixed in version 2.1.0-1 but this update
refreshes the fix to avoid relying on undefined behavior.

- CVE-2016-0718 (arbitrary code execution)

The Expat XML parser mishandles certain kinds of malformed input
documents, resulting in buffer overflows during processing and error
reporting. The overflows can manifest as a segmentation fault or as
memory corruption during a parse operation. The bugs allow for a denial
of service attack in many applications by an unauthenticated attacker,
and could conceivably result in remote code execution.

Impact
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A remote attacker is able to use a specially crafted XML file that,
when processed, is leading to arbitrary code execution.

References
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https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1283
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0718
https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q2/360