CVE-2018-20843

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Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20843
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-20843.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2018-20843
Related
Published
2019-06-24T17:15:09Z
Modified
2024-12-05T15:08:23.961220Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

In libexpat in Expat before 2.2.7, XML input including XML names that contain a large number of colons could make the XML parser consume a high amount of RAM and CPU resources while processing (enough to be usable for denial-of-service attacks).

References

Affected packages

Alpine:v3.10 / expat

Package

Name
expat
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/expat?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.2.7-r0

Affected versions

2.*

2.0.1-r0
2.0.1-r1
2.0.1-r2
2.0.1-r3
2.0.1-r4
2.0.1-r5
2.0.1-r6
2.1.0-r0
2.1.0-r1
2.1.0-r2
2.1.1-r0
2.2.0-r0
2.2.0-r1
2.2.1-r0
2.2.2-r0
2.2.3-r0
2.2.3-r1
2.2.4-r0
2.2.5-r0
2.2.6-r0

Alpine:v3.11 / expat

Package

Name
expat
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/expat?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.2.7-r0

Affected versions

2.*

2.0.1-r0
2.0.1-r1
2.0.1-r2
2.0.1-r3
2.0.1-r4
2.0.1-r5
2.0.1-r6
2.1.0-r0
2.1.0-r1
2.1.0-r2
2.1.1-r0
2.2.0-r0
2.2.0-r1
2.2.1-r0
2.2.2-r0
2.2.3-r0
2.2.3-r1
2.2.4-r0
2.2.5-r0
2.2.6-r0

Alpine:v3.12 / expat

Package

Name
expat
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/expat?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.2.7-r0

Affected versions

2.*

2.0.1-r0
2.0.1-r1
2.0.1-r2
2.0.1-r3
2.0.1-r4
2.0.1-r5
2.0.1-r6
2.1.0-r0
2.1.0-r1
2.1.0-r2
2.1.1-r0
2.2.0-r0
2.2.0-r1
2.2.1-r0
2.2.2-r0
2.2.3-r0
2.2.3-r1
2.2.4-r0
2.2.5-r0
2.2.6-r0

Alpine:v3.13 / expat

Package

Name
expat
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/expat?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.2.7-r0

Affected versions

2.*

2.0.1-r0
2.0.1-r1
2.0.1-r2
2.0.1-r3
2.0.1-r4
2.0.1-r5
2.0.1-r6
2.1.0-r0
2.1.0-r1
2.1.0-r2
2.1.1-r0
2.2.0-r0
2.2.0-r1
2.2.1-r0
2.2.2-r0
2.2.3-r0
2.2.3-r1
2.2.4-r0
2.2.5-r0
2.2.6-r0

Alpine:v3.14 / expat

Package

Name
expat
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/expat?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.2.7-r0

Affected versions

2.*

2.0.1-r0
2.0.1-r1
2.0.1-r2
2.0.1-r3
2.0.1-r4
2.0.1-r5
2.0.1-r6
2.1.0-r0
2.1.0-r1
2.1.0-r2
2.1.1-r0
2.2.0-r0
2.2.0-r1
2.2.1-r0
2.2.2-r0
2.2.3-r0
2.2.3-r1
2.2.4-r0
2.2.5-r0
2.2.6-r0

Alpine:v3.15 / expat

Package

Name
expat
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/expat?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.2.7-r0

Affected versions

2.*

2.0.1-r0
2.0.1-r1
2.0.1-r2
2.0.1-r3
2.0.1-r4
2.0.1-r5
2.0.1-r6
2.1.0-r0
2.1.0-r1
2.1.0-r2
2.1.1-r0
2.2.0-r0
2.2.0-r1
2.2.1-r0
2.2.2-r0
2.2.3-r0
2.2.3-r1
2.2.4-r0
2.2.5-r0
2.2.6-r0

Alpine:v3.16 / expat

Package

Name
expat
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/expat?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.2.7-r0

Affected versions

2.*

2.0.1-r0
2.0.1-r1
2.0.1-r2
2.0.1-r3
2.0.1-r4
2.0.1-r5
2.0.1-r6
2.1.0-r0
2.1.0-r1
2.1.0-r2
2.1.1-r0
2.2.0-r0
2.2.0-r1
2.2.1-r0
2.2.2-r0
2.2.3-r0
2.2.3-r1
2.2.4-r0
2.2.5-r0
2.2.6-r0

Alpine:v3.17 / expat

Package

Name
expat
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/expat?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.2.7-r0

Affected versions

2.*

2.0.1-r0
2.0.1-r1
2.0.1-r2
2.0.1-r3
2.0.1-r4
2.0.1-r5
2.0.1-r6
2.1.0-r0
2.1.0-r1
2.1.0-r2
2.1.1-r0
2.2.0-r0
2.2.0-r1
2.2.1-r0
2.2.2-r0
2.2.3-r0
2.2.3-r1
2.2.4-r0
2.2.5-r0
2.2.6-r0

Alpine:v3.18 / expat

Package

Name
expat
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/expat?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.2.7-r0

Affected versions

2.*

2.0.1-r0
2.0.1-r1
2.0.1-r2
2.0.1-r3
2.0.1-r4
2.0.1-r5
2.0.1-r6
2.1.0-r0
2.1.0-r1
2.1.0-r2
2.1.1-r0
2.2.0-r0
2.2.0-r1
2.2.1-r0
2.2.2-r0
2.2.3-r0
2.2.3-r1
2.2.4-r0
2.2.5-r0
2.2.6-r0

Alpine:v3.19 / expat

Package

Name
expat
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/expat?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.2.7-r0

Affected versions

2.*

2.0.1-r0
2.0.1-r1
2.0.1-r2
2.0.1-r3
2.0.1-r4
2.0.1-r5
2.0.1-r6
2.1.0-r0
2.1.0-r1
2.1.0-r2
2.1.1-r0
2.2.0-r0
2.2.0-r1
2.2.1-r0
2.2.2-r0
2.2.3-r0
2.2.3-r1
2.2.4-r0
2.2.5-r0
2.2.6-r0

Alpine:v3.20 / expat

Package

Name
expat
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/expat?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.2.7-r0

Affected versions

2.*

2.0.1-r0
2.0.1-r1
2.0.1-r2
2.0.1-r3
2.0.1-r4
2.0.1-r5
2.0.1-r6
2.1.0-r0
2.1.0-r1
2.1.0-r2
2.1.1-r0
2.2.0-r0
2.2.0-r1
2.2.1-r0
2.2.2-r0
2.2.3-r0
2.2.3-r1
2.2.4-r0
2.2.5-r0
2.2.6-r0

Alpine:v3.21 / expat

Package

Name
expat
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/expat?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.2.7-r0

Affected versions

2.*

2.0.1-r0
2.0.1-r1
2.0.1-r2
2.0.1-r3
2.0.1-r4
2.0.1-r5
2.0.1-r6
2.1.0-r0
2.1.0-r1
2.1.0-r2
2.1.1-r0
2.2.0-r0
2.2.0-r1
2.2.1-r0
2.2.2-r0
2.2.3-r0
2.2.3-r1
2.2.4-r0
2.2.5-r0
2.2.6-r0

Alpine:v3.7 / expat

Package

Name
expat
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/expat?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.2.7-r0

Affected versions

2.*

2.0.1-r0
2.0.1-r1
2.0.1-r2
2.0.1-r3
2.0.1-r4
2.0.1-r5
2.0.1-r6
2.1.0-r0
2.1.0-r1
2.1.0-r2
2.1.1-r0
2.2.0-r0
2.2.0-r1
2.2.1-r0
2.2.2-r0
2.2.3-r0
2.2.3-r1
2.2.4-r0
2.2.5-r0

Alpine:v3.8 / expat

Package

Name
expat
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/expat?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.2.7-r0

Affected versions

2.*

2.0.1-r0
2.0.1-r1
2.0.1-r2
2.0.1-r3
2.0.1-r4
2.0.1-r5
2.0.1-r6
2.1.0-r0
2.1.0-r1
2.1.0-r2
2.1.1-r0
2.2.0-r0
2.2.0-r1
2.2.1-r0
2.2.2-r0
2.2.3-r0
2.2.3-r1
2.2.4-r0
2.2.5-r0

Alpine:v3.9 / expat

Package

Name
expat
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/expat?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.2.7-r0

Affected versions

2.*

2.0.1-r0
2.0.1-r1
2.0.1-r2
2.0.1-r3
2.0.1-r4
2.0.1-r5
2.0.1-r6
2.1.0-r0
2.1.0-r1
2.1.0-r2
2.1.1-r0
2.2.0-r0
2.2.0-r1
2.2.1-r0
2.2.2-r0
2.2.3-r0
2.2.3-r1
2.2.4-r0
2.2.5-r0
2.2.6-r0

Debian:11 / expat

Package

Name
expat
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/expat?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.2.6-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / expat

Package

Name
expat
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/expat?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.2.6-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / expat

Package

Name
expat
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/expat?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.2.6-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Git / github.com/libexpat/libexpat

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
d3b78b42a2dcdea98e22625cfff67a49d47e6025

Affected versions

Other

REC1_0
R_1_95_0
R_1_95_2
R_1_95_3
R_1_95_4
R_1_95_5
R_1_95_6
R_1_95_7
R_1_95_8
R_2_0_0
R_2_0_1
R_2_1_0
R_2_1_1
R_2_2_0
R_2_2_1
R_2_2_2
R_2_2_3
R_2_2_4
R_2_2_5
R_2_2_6
V1990307
V19981122
V19981231
V19990109
V19990425
V19990626
V19990709
V19990728
V19991013
V1_0
V1_1
V20000512
beta2
beta3
beta4
jclark-orig
libexpat-alpha-1
sourceforge_init
start