878271 – (CVE-2022-43680) <dev-libs/expat-2.5.0: use-after free caused by overeager destruction of a shared DTD in out-of-memory situations

Bug 878271 (CVE-2022-43680) - <dev-libs/expat-2.5.0: use-after free caused by overeager destruction of a shared DTD in out-of-memory situations

Summary: <dev-libs/expat-2.5.0: use-after free caused by overeager destruction of a sh...

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	CVE-2022-43680

Product:	Gentoo Security
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Vulnerabilities (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Normal minor
Assignee:	Gentoo Security

URL:	https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/...
Whiteboard:	B3 [glsa+]
Keywords:

Depends on:	878275
Blocks:
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Reported:	2022-10-25 16:23 UTC by Sebastian Pipping
Modified:	2022-10-31 20:27 UTC (History)
CC List:	3 users (show)

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Description Sebastian Pipping gentoo-dev

2022-10-25 16:23:12 UTC

Comment 1 John Helmert III archtester

2022-10-25 16:26:42 UTC

Thanks for reporting!

Comment 2 Michał Górny archtester

2022-10-28 08:17:35 UTC

cleanup don

Comment 3 John Helmert III archtester

2022-10-30 03:26:25 UTC

Thanks!

Comment 4 John Helmert III archtester

2022-10-31 15:21:55 UTC

GLSA request filed

Comment 5 Larry the Git Cow gentoo-dev

2022-10-31 20:26:18 UTC

The bug has been referenced in the following commit(s):

https://gitweb.gentoo.org/data/glsa.git/commit/?id=5f7a724017a6df6362f93b1d9b5115f952fc93d8

commit 5f7a724017a6df6362f93b1d9b5115f952fc93d8
Author:     GLSAMaker <glsamaker@gentoo.org>
AuthorDate: 2022-10-31 20:22:43 +0000
Commit:     John Helmert III <ajak@gentoo.org>
CommitDate: 2022-10-31 20:25:50 +0000

    [ GLSA 202210-38 ] Expat: Denial of Service
    
    Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/878271
    Signed-off-by: GLSAMaker <glsamaker@gentoo.org>
    Signed-off-by: John Helmert III <ajak@gentoo.org>

 glsa-202210-38.xml | 42 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 42 insertions(+)

Comment 6 John Helmert III archtester

2022-10-31 20:27:27 UTC

GLSA released, all done!