expat: CVE-2022-25235

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2022-25235  

Debian Bug report logs - #1005894
expat: CVE-2022-25235

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Reported by: Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>

Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2022 21:39:01 UTC

Severity: grave

Tags: security, upstream

Found in version expat/2.4.4-1

Forwarded to https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/pull/562

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Report forwarded to debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org, carnil@debian.org, team@security.debian.org, Laszlo Boszormenyi (GCS) <gcs@debian.org>:
Bug#1005894; Package src:expat. (Wed, 16 Feb 2022 21:39:03 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Acknowledgement sent to Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>:
New Bug report received and forwarded. Copy sent to carnil@debian.org, team@security.debian.org, Laszlo Boszormenyi (GCS) <gcs@debian.org>. (Wed, 16 Feb 2022 21:39:03 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


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From: Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>
To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>
Subject: expat: CVE-2022-25235
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2022 22:34:06 +0100
Source: expat
Version: 2.4.4-1
Severity: important
Tags: security upstream
Forwarded: https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/pull/562
X-Debbugs-Cc: carnil@debian.org, Debian Security Team <team@security.debian.org>

Hi,

The following vulnerability was published for expat.

CVE-2022-25235[0]:
| xmltok_impl.c in Expat (aka libexpat) before 2.4.5 lacks certain
| validation of encoding, such as checks for whether a UTF-8 character
| is valid in a certain context.


If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-25235
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-25235
[1] https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/pull/562

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

Regards,
Salvatore



Severity set to 'grave' from 'important' Request was from Moritz Muehlenhoff <jmm@inutil.org> to control@bugs.debian.org. (Wed, 16 Feb 2022 21:51:08 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


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