Resource exhaustion in expat - CVE-2013-0340

Vulnerability identifier: #VU42119

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green

CVE-ID: CVE-2013-0340

CWE-ID: CWE-400

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vendor: libexpat.org

Affected software:
expat

The vulnerability allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input within the expat library, when processing XML files. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted XML content to the affected library and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Install update from vendor's website.

• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/22/3
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1028213
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/12/6
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-21