metadata/glsa/glsa-201701-21.xml


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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201701-21">
  <title>Expat: Multiple vulnerabilities</title>
  <synopsis>Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Expat, the worst of
    which may allow execution of arbitrary code.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">expat</product>
  <announced>2017-01-11</announced>
  <revised count="1">2017-01-11</revised>
  <bug>458742</bug>
  <bug>555642</bug>
  <bug>577928</bug>
  <bug>583268</bug>
  <bug>585510</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="dev-libs/expat" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">2.2.0-r1</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">2.2.0-r1</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>Expat is a set of XML parsing libraries.</p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Expat. Please review
      the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>A remote attacker, by enticing a user to process a specially crafted XML
      file, could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or
      cause a Denial of Service condition.  This attack could also be used
      against automated systems that arbitrarily process XML files.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>All Expat users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=dev-libs/expat-2.2.0-r1"
    </code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-6702">CVE-2012-6702</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-0340">CVE-2013-0340</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-1283">CVE-2015-1283</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-0718">CVE-2016-0718</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-4472">CVE-2016-4472</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-5300">CVE-2016-5300</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2015-12-31T03:24:00Z">
    BlueKnight
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2017-01-11T12:13:03Z">whissi</metadata>
</glsa>