========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7424-1 April 08, 2025
expat vulnerability ========================================================================== A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 24.10 - Ubuntu 24.04 LTS - Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Summary: Expat could be made to crash if it received specially crafted input. Software Description: - expat: XML parsing C library Details: It was discovered that Expat could crash due to stack overflow when processing XML documents with deeply nested entity references. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing specially crafted XML input, an attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service. Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 24.10 expat 2.6.2-2ubuntu0.2 libexpat1 2.6.2-2ubuntu0.2 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS expat 2.6.1-2ubuntu0.3 libexpat1 2.6.1-2ubuntu0.3 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS expat 2.4.7-1ubuntu0.6 libexpat1 2.4.7-1ubuntu0.6 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7424-1 CVE-2024-8176 Package Information: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/expat/2.6.2-2ubuntu0.2 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/expat/2.6.1-2ubuntu0.3 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/expat/2.4.7-1ubuntu0.6
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