CVE-2023-52425 (GCVE-0-2023-52425)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2024-02-04 00:00
Modified
2025-11-04 18:21
Severity ?
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
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 which multiple buffer fills are needed.
References
cve@mitre.org http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/20/5
cve@mitre.org https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/pull/789 Exploit, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.org https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/04/msg00006.html
cve@mitre.org https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PNRIHC7DVVRAIWFRGV23Y6UZXFBXSQDB/
cve@mitre.org https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WNUBSGZFEZOBHJFTAD42SAN4ATW2VEMV/
cve@mitre.org https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240614-0003/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/20/5
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/pull/789 Exploit, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/04/msg00006.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/09/msg00036.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PNRIHC7DVVRAIWFRGV23Y6UZXFBXSQDB/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WNUBSGZFEZOBHJFTAD42SAN4ATW2VEMV/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PNRIHC7DVVRAIWFRGV23Y6UZXFBXSQDB/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240614-0003/
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