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Security
A vulnerability has been found in Expat which could result in denial of service.
| Package | dev-libs/expat on all architectures |
|---|---|
| Affected versions | < 2.5.0 |
| Unaffected versions | >= 2.5.0 |
Expat is a set of XML parsing libraries.
In certain out-of-memory situations, Expat may free memory before it should, leading to a use-after-free.
A use-after-free can result in denial of service.
There is no known workaround at this time.
All Expat users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/expat-2.5.0"
Release date
October 31, 2022
Latest revision
October 31, 2022: 1
Severity
low
Exploitable
remote
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