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Package "expat"

Name: expat

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This package is just an umbrella for a group of other packages, it has no description.
Description samples from packages in group:

  • XML parsing C library - runtime library
  • XML parsing C library - development kit
Latest version: 2.5.0-2ubuntu0.1
Release: mantic (23.10)
Level: updates
Repository: main

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base main 2.5.0-2
base universe 2.5.0-2
security main 2.5.0-2ubuntu0.1
security universe 2.5.0-2ubuntu0.1
updates universe 2.5.0-2ubuntu0.1

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Version: 2.5.0-2ubuntu0.1 2024-03-14 15:06:58 UTC

  expat (2.5.0-2ubuntu0.1) mantic-security; urgency=medium

  * SECURITY UPDATE: denial-of-service
    - debian/patches/CVE-2023-52425.patch: Speed up parsing of big tokens.
    - CVE-2023-52425
  * SECURITY UPDATE: denial-of-service
    - debian/patches/CVE-2024-28757.patch: Detect billion laughs attack with
      isolated external parser.
    - CVE-2024-28757

 -- Fabian Toepfer <email address hidden> Wed, 13 Mar 2024 16:05:10 +0100
CVE-2023-52425 libexpat through 2.5.0 allows a denial of service (resource consumption) because many full reparsings are required in the case of a large token for w
CVE-2024-28757 libexpat through 2.6.1 allows an XML Entity Expansion attack when there is isolated use of external parsers (created via XML_ExternalEntityParserCrea


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