USN-5320-1: Expat vulnerabilities and regression

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2022-25236   CVE-2022-25313   CVE-2022-25314   CVE-2022-25315  

Several security issues and a regression were fixed in Expat.

It was discovered that Expat incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 21.10. (CVE-2022-25314)

Details

USN-5288-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in Expat. For CVE-2022-25236 it
caused a regression and an additional patch was required. This update address
this regression and several other vulnerabilities.

It was discovered that Expat incorrectly handled certain files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2022-25313)

It was discovered that Expat incorrectly handled certain files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash
or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS,
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 21.10. (CVE-2022-25314)

It was discovered that Expat incorrectly handled certain files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash or execute
arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-25315)

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that Expat incorrectly handled certain files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash or
execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-25236)