SB2012070308 - Resource management error in libexpat expat

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SB2012070308 - Resource management error in libexpat expat

Published: July 3, 2012 Updated: August 3, 2020

Security Bulletin ID SB2012070308
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2012-0876)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.

The XML parser (xmlparse.c) in expat before 2.1.0 computes hash values without restricting the ability to trigger hash collisions predictably, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via an XML file with many identifiers with the same value.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References