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Posted on 24 September 2012
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201209-06
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Severity: Normal
Title: Expat: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: September 24, 2012
Bugs: #280615, #303727, #407519
ID: 201209-06
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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Expat, possibly resulting
in Denial of Service.
Background
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Expat is a set of XML parsing libraries.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 dev-libs/expat < 2.1.0_beta3 >= 2.1.0_beta3
Description
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Expat. Please review
the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
Impact
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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
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There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
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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
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[ 1 ] CVE-2009-3560
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2009-3560
[ 2 ] CVE-2009-3720
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2009-3720
[ 3 ] CVE-2012-0876
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-0876
[ 4 ] CVE-2012-1147
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-1147
[ 5 ] CVE-2012-1148
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-1148
Availability
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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?
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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.
License
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Copyright 2012 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).
The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5
