SUSE: Expat Important CVE-2024-8176 Denial of Service Advisory 2025:03239-1
suse
September 16, 2025
* bsc#1239618 * jsc#PED-12507 Cross-References: * CVE-2024-8176
Summary
## This update for expat fixes the following issues: expat was updated to version 2.7.1: * Bug fixes: * Restore event pointer behavior from Expat 2.6.4 (that the fix to CVE-2024-8176 changed in 2.7.0); affected API functions are: - XML_GetCurrentByteCount - XML_GetCurrentByteIndex - XML_GetCurrentColumnNumber - XML_GetCurrentLineNumber - XML_GetInputContext * Other changes: * Fix printf format specifiers for 32bit Emscripten * docs: Promote OpenSSF Best Practices self-certification * tests/benchmark: Resolve mistaken double close * Address compiler warnings * Version info bumped from 11:1:10 (libexpat _.so.1.10.1) to 11:2:10 (libexpat_.so.1.10.2); see https://verbump.de/ for what these numbers do Version update to 2.7.0 (CVE-2024-8176, bsc#1239618, jsc#PED-12507) * Security fixes:
Topics Covered
References
* bsc#1239618
* jsc#PED-12507
Cross-
* CVE-2024-8176
CVSS scores:
* CVE-2024-8176 ( SUSE ): 8.7
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
* CVE-2024-8176 ( SUSE ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
* CVE-2024-8176 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Products:
* Basesystem Module 15-SP7
* SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7
* SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP7
* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7
* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7
An update that solves one vulnerability and contains one feature can now be
installed.
##
* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-8176.html
* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1239618
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:03239-1
Release Date: 2025-09-16T17:04:05Z
Rating: important
Topics Covered
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