MGASA-2024-0294 - Updated expat packages fix security vulnerabilities

Publication date: 11 Sep 2024
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2024-0294.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 9
CVE: CVE-2024-45490,
     CVE-2024-45491,
     CVE-2024-45492

An issue was discovered in libexpat before 2.6.3. xmlparse.c does not
reject a negative length for XML_ParseBuffer. (CVE-2024-45490)
An issue was discovered in libexpat before 2.6.3. dtdCopy in xmlparse.c
can have an integer overflow for nDefaultAtts on 32-bit platforms (where
UINT_MAX equals SIZE_MAX). (CVE-2024-45491)
An issue was discovered in libexpat before 2.6.3. nextScaffoldPart in
xmlparse.c can have an integer overflow for m_groupSize on 32-bit
platforms (where UINT_MAX equals SIZE_MAX). (CVE-2024-45492)

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33547
- http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2024&m=slackware-security.351556
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-45490
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-45491
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-45492

SRPMS:
- 9/core/expat-2.6.3-1.mga9

Mageia 2024-0294: expat Security Advisory Updates

An issue was discovered in libexpat before 2.6.3

Summary

An issue was discovered in libexpat before 2.6.3. xmlparse.c does not reject a negative length for XML_ParseBuffer. (CVE-2024-45490) An issue was discovered in libexpat before 2.6.3. dtdCopy in xmlparse.c can have an integer overflow for nDefaultAtts on 32-bit platforms (where UINT_MAX equals SIZE_MAX). (CVE-2024-45491) An issue was discovered in libexpat before 2.6.3. nextScaffoldPart in xmlparse.c can have an integer overflow for m_groupSize on 32-bit platforms (where UINT_MAX equals SIZE_MAX). (CVE-2024-45492)

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33547

- http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2024&m=slackware-security.351556

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-45490

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-45491

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-45492

Resolution

MGASA-2024-0294 - Updated expat packages fix security vulnerabilities

SRPMS

- 9/core/expat-2.6.3-1.mga9

Severity
Publication date: 11 Sep 2024
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2024-0294.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2024-45490, CVE-2024-45491, CVE-2024-45492

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