| Name | CVE-2017-9233 |
| Description | XML External Entity vulnerability in libexpat 2.2.0 and earlier (Expat XML Parser Library) allows attackers to put the parser in an infinite loop using a malformed external entity definition from an external DTD. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-990-1, DSA-3898-1 |
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+deb11u7 | fixed |
| bookworm, bookworm (security) | 2.5.0-1+deb12u1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 2.7.1-1 | fixed |
| libxmltok (PTS) | bookworm, bullseye | 1.2-4 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
[bookworm] - libxmltok <ignored> (Minor issue, no runtime dependencies left)
https://libexpat.github.io/doc/cve-2017-9233/
https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/commit/c4bf96bb51dd2a1b0e185374362ee136fe2c9d7f