Slackware Linux update for expat

Published: 2024-02-07

Risk	Medium
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	2
CVE-ID	CVE-2023-52425 CVE-2023-52426
CWE-ID	CWE-400 CWE-776
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software Subscribe	Slackware Linux Operating systems & Components / Operating system expat Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component
Vendor	Slackware

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Resource exhaustion

EUVDB-ID: #VU86230

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-52425

CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources when parsing large tokens. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Update the affected package expat.

Vulnerable software versions

Slackware Linux: 15.0

expat: before 2.6.0

External links

http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2024&m=slackware-security.351894

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

2) XML Entity Expansion

EUVDB-ID: #VU86231