openEuler update for expat

Published: 2024-11-01

Risk	Medium
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	1
CVE-ID	CVE-2024-50602
CWE-ID	CWE-20
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software Subscribe	openEuler Operating systems & Components / Operating system expat-help Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component expat-devel Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component expat-debugsource Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component expat-debuginfo Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component expat Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component
Vendor	openEuler

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Input validation error

EUVDB-ID: #VU99614

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 5.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-50602

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input within the XML_ResumeParser function. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted XML input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's repository.

Vulnerable software versions

openEuler: 20.03 LTS SP4 - 24.03 LTS

expat-help: before 2.4.1-13

expat-devel: before 2.4.1-13

expat-debugsource: before 2.4.1-13

expat-debuginfo: before 2.4.1-13

expat: before 2.4.1-13

CPE2.3

External links

http://www.openeuler.org/en/security/security-bulletins/detail/?id=openEuler-SA-2024-2311

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.