CVE-2012-1148

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, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, 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)	buster	2.2.6-2+deb10u4	fixed
	buster (security)	2.2.6-2+deb10u6	fixed
	bullseye (security), bullseye	2.2.10-2+deb11u5	fixed
	bookworm, sid	2.5.0-1	fixed
xmlrpc-c (PTS)	buster	1.33.14-8	fixed
	bullseye	1.33.14-9	fixed
	bookworm, sid	1.33.14-11	fixed

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

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
expat	source	squeeze	2.0.1-7+squeeze1		DSA-2525-1
expat	source	(unstable)	2.1.0~beta3-1			663579
xmlrpc-c	source	(unstable)	1.16.33-3.2	low		687672

[squeeze] - xmlrpc-c <no-dsa> (Minor issue)