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Mageia 9 MGASA-2024-0072 critical: expat DoS risk updates

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Calendar Grey March 18, 2024
Dist Mageia Esm H88
Supplier software enhancements tackle weaknesses responsible for service interruptions made public on Mar 18, 2024.
It was discovered that Expat could be made to consume large amounts of resources

Summary

It was discovered that Expat could be made to consume large amounts of resources. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing specially crafted input, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2023-52425, CVE-2024-28757)

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32970

- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6694-1

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-52425

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-28757

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service critical issue software update resource consumption expat Mageia mageia expat issue

Resolution

SRPMS

- 9/core/expat-2.6.2-1.mga9

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Publication date: 18 Mar 2024
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2024-0072.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2023-52425, CVE-2024-28757

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service critical issue software update resource consumption expat Mageia mageia expat issue

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