CVE-2024-28757

high

Description

libexpat through 2.6.1 allows an XML Entity Expansion attack when there is isolated use of external parsers (created via XML_ExternalEntityParserCreate).

References

https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-24-228-06

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240322-0001/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VK2O34GH43NTHBZBN7G5Y6YKJKPUCTBE/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LKJ7V5F6LJCEQJXDBWGT27J7NAP3E3N7/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FPLC6WDSRDUYS7F7JWAOVOHFNOUQ43DD/

https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/pull/842

https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/issues/839

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/15/1

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2024-03-10

Updated: 2024-05-01

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H