USN-7000-1: Expat vulnerabilities
First published: Thu Sep 12 2024(Updated: )
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)
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/expat | <2.6.1-2ubuntu0.1 | 2.6.1-2ubuntu0.1 |
| Ubuntu Ubuntu | =24.04 | |
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/libexpat1 | <2.6.1-2ubuntu0.1 | 2.6.1-2ubuntu0.1 |
| Ubuntu Ubuntu | =24.04 | |
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/expat | <2.2.9-1ubuntu0.7 | 2.2.9-1ubuntu0.7 |
| Ubuntu Ubuntu | =20.04 | |
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/libexpat1 | <2.2.9-1ubuntu0.7 | 2.2.9-1ubuntu0.7 |
| Ubuntu Ubuntu | =20.04 | |
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/expat | <2.2.5-3ubuntu0.9+esm1 | 2.2.5-3ubuntu0.9+esm1 |
| Ubuntu Ubuntu | =18.04 | |
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/libexpat1 | <2.2.5-3ubuntu0.9+esm1 | 2.2.5-3ubuntu0.9+esm1 |
| Ubuntu Ubuntu | =18.04 | |
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/expat | <2.1.0-7ubuntu0.16.04.5+esm9 | 2.1.0-7ubuntu0.16.04.5+esm9 |
| Ubuntu Ubuntu | =16.04 | |
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/lib64expat1 | <2.1.0-7ubuntu0.16.04.5+esm9 | 2.1.0-7ubuntu0.16.04.5+esm9 |
| Ubuntu Ubuntu | =16.04 | |
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/libexpat1 | <2.1.0-7ubuntu0.16.04.5+esm9 | 2.1.0-7ubuntu0.16.04.5+esm9 |
| Ubuntu Ubuntu | =16.04 | |
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/expat | <2.1.0-4ubuntu1.4+esm9 | 2.1.0-4ubuntu1.4+esm9 |
| Ubuntu Ubuntu | =14.04 | |
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/lib64expat1 | <2.1.0-4ubuntu1.4+esm9 | 2.1.0-4ubuntu1.4+esm9 |
| Ubuntu Ubuntu | =14.04 | |
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/libexpat1 | <2.1.0-4ubuntu1.4+esm9 | 2.1.0-4ubuntu1.4+esm9 |
| Ubuntu Ubuntu | =14.04 |
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Reference Links
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-45492
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-45491
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-45490
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7000-2
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7001-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7001-2
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/expat/2.6.1-2ubuntu0.1
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/expat/2.2.9-1ubuntu0.7
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7000-1 (Advisory)
Child vulnerabilities
(Contains the following vulnerabilities)
- agent/severity
- agent/last-modified-date
- agent/softwarecombine
- agent/weakness
- agent/title
- agent/event
- agent/type
- agent/first-publish-date
- collector/usn
- source/Ubuntu
- anchor-related/USN-7000-2
- anchor-related/USN-7001-1
- anchor-related/USN-7001-2
- agent/software-canonical-lookup
- agent/references
- agent/tags
- agent/description
- agent/trending
- package-manager/ubuntu
- vendor/ubuntu
- canonical/ubuntu ubuntu
- version/ubuntu ubuntu/24.04
- version/ubuntu ubuntu/20.04
- version/ubuntu ubuntu/18.04
- version/ubuntu ubuntu/16.04
- version/ubuntu ubuntu/14.04