#VU33116 Memory leak in expat - CVE-2012-1148
Published: July 3, 2012 / Updated: August 3, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU33116
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-1148
CWE-ID: CWE-401
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
expat
expat
Software vendor:
libexpat.org
libexpat.org
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to memory leak within the poolGrow function in expat/lib/xmlparse.c in expat before 2.1.0 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of crafted XML files that cause improperly-handled reallocation failures when expanding entities. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service attack.
Remediation
Update to version 2.1.0.
External links
- http://expat.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/expat/expat/lib/xmlparse.c?r1=1.166&r2=1.167
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Dec/msg00005.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0731.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0062.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2957.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49504
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51024
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51040
- http://sourceforge.net/projects/expat/files/expat/2.1.0/
- http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=110127&aid=2958794&group_id=10127
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2525
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:041
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52379
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034344
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1527-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1613-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1613-2
- https://support.apple.com/HT205637