GLSA 201209-06: Expat: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Severity:	normal
Title:	Expat: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	09/24/2012
Bugs:	#280615, #303727, #407519
ID:	201209-06

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Expat, possibly resulting in Denial of Service.

Background

Expat is a set of XML parsing libraries.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
dev-libs/expat	< 2.1.0_beta3	>= 2.1.0_beta3	All supported architectures

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Expat. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted XML file in an application linked against Expat, possibly resulting in a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Expat users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/expat-2.1.0_beta3"

Packages which depend on this library may need to be recompiled. Tools such as revdep-rebuild may assist in identifying some of these packages.

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-06.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.