| Name | CVE-2017-11742 |
| Description | The writeRandomBytes_RtlGenRandom function in xmlparse.c in libexpat in Expat 2.2.1 and 2.2.2 on Windows allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse ADVAPI32.DLL in the current working directory because of an untrusted search path, aka DLL hijacking. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| expat (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 2.1.0-6+deb8u12 | fixed |
| stretch (security) | 2.2.0-2+deb9u5 | fixed |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 2.2.0-2+deb9u9 | fixed |
| buster, buster (lts) | 2.2.6-2+deb10u8 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 2.2.6-2+deb10u7 | fixed |
| bullseye | 2.2.10-2+deb11u5 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 2.2.10-2+deb11u6 | fixed |
| bookworm | 2.5.0-1 | fixed |
| bookworm (security) | 2.5.0-1+deb12u1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 2.6.3-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| expat | source | (unstable) | (not affected) | | | |
Notes
- expat <not-affected> (Windows specfic issue)