USN-1527-1 : expat vulnerabilities

NASLDB: USN-1527-1 : expat vulnerabilities

General

ID: 61485
Name: USN-1527-1 : expat vulnerabilities

Summary: Checks dpkg output for updated package(s)

Credits: –

Classification

Risk: –

CVSS: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS Base Vector: –
CVSS Temporal Vector: –

Port: 0
Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Type: Local

Description

It was discovered that Expat computed hash values without restricting
the ability to trigger hash collisions predictably. If a user or
application linked against Expat were tricked into opening a crafted
XML file, an attacker could cause a denial of service by consuming
excessive CPU resources. (CVE-2012-0876)

Tim Boddy discovered that Expat did not properly handle memory
reallocation when processing XML files. If a user or application
linked against Expat were tricked into opening a crafted XML file, an
attacker could cause a denial of service by consuming excessive
memory resources. This issue only affected Ubuntu 8.04 LTS, 10.04
LTS, 11.04 and 11.10. (CVE-2012-1148)