CVE-2024-28757
HIGH severity · CVSS 7.5 · CWE-776
7.5CVSS HIGH
Summary
libexpat through 2.6.1 allows an XML Entity Expansion attack when there is isolated use of external parsers (created via XML_ExternalEntityParserCreate).
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)2%
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/15/1 ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/15/1Patch
- https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/issues/839Patch
- https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/pull/842Patch
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FPLC6WDSRDUYS7F7JWAOVOHFNOUQ43DD/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LKJ7V5F6LJCEQJXDBWGT27J7NAP3E3N7/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VK2O34GH43NTHBZBN7G5Y6YKJKPUCTBE/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240322-0001/Advisory