| Name | CVE-2012-1148 |
| Description | Memory leak in the poolGrow function in expat/lib/xmlparse.c in expat before 2.1.0 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of crafted XML files that cause improperly-handled reallocation failures when expanding entities. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-2525-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 663579, 687672 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| expat (PTS) | bullseye | 2.2.10-2+deb11u5 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 2.2.10-2+deb11u6 | fixed |
| bookworm, bookworm (security) | 2.5.0-1+deb12u1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 2.6.4-1 | fixed |
| xmlrpc-c (PTS) | bullseye | 1.33.14-9 | fixed |
| bookworm | 1.33.14-11 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 1.59.03-6 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
[squeeze] - xmlrpc-c <no-dsa> (Minor issue)