| Name | CVE-2023-52425 |
| Description | libexpat through 2.5.0 allows a denial of service (resource consumption) because many full reparsings are required in the case of a large token for which multiple buffer fills are needed. |
| 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-3783-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 1063238 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| expat (PTS) | bullseye (security), bullseye | 2.2.10-2+deb11u5 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 2.5.0-1 | vulnerable |
| sid, trixie | 2.6.3-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
[bookworm] - expat <no-dsa> (Minor issue; can be fixed via point release)
[bullseye] - expat <no-dsa> (Minor issue; can be fixed via point release)
https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/pull/789
Merge commit: https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/commit/34b598c5f594b015c513c73f06e7ced3323edbf1