| Name | CVE-2023-52425 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-3783-1, DLA-3893-1, ELA-1073-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 1063238 |
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 | vulnerable |
| 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 | vulnerable |
| bullseye (security) | 2.2.10-2+deb11u6 | fixed |
| bookworm (security), bookworm | 2.5.0-1+deb12u1 | vulnerable |
| sid, trixie | 2.6.4-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
[bookworm] - expat <no-dsa> (Minor issue; can be fixed via point release)
https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/pull/789
Merge commit: https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/commit/34b598c5f594b015c513c73f06e7ced3323edbf1