CVE-2023-52426

NameCVE-2023-52426
Descriptionlibexpat through 2.5.0 allows recursive XML Entity Expansion if XML_DTD is undefined at compile time.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs1063240

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
expat (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)2.1.0-6+deb8u12vulnerable
stretch (security)2.2.0-2+deb9u5vulnerable
stretch (lts), stretch2.2.0-2+deb9u9vulnerable
buster, buster (lts)2.2.6-2+deb10u8vulnerable
buster (security)2.2.6-2+deb10u7vulnerable
bullseye2.2.10-2+deb11u5vulnerable
bullseye (security)2.2.10-2+deb11u6vulnerable
bookworm (security), bookworm2.5.0-1+deb12u1vulnerable
sid, trixie2.6.4-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
expatsource(unstable)2.6.0-1unimportant1063240

Notes

https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/pull/777
https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/commit/0f075ec8ecb5e43f8fdca5182f8cca4703da0404
https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/pull/777#issuecomment-1965172301
CVE is for fixing billion laughs attacks for users compiling *without* XML_DTD defined,
which is not the case for Debian.

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