MGASA-2025-0240

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Source
https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2025-0240.html
Import Source
https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2025-0240.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MGASA-2025-0240
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Published
2025-10-18T16:49:59Z
Modified
2025-10-18T16:11:13Z
Summary
Updated expat packages fix security vulnerabilities
Details

Improper restriction of xml entity expansion depth in libexpat. (CVE-2024-8176) This is an extension of the fix published in MGASA-2025-0109 that was determined by upstream to be incomplete. Libexpat in Expat before 2.7.2 allows attackers to trigger large dynamic memory allocations via a small document that is submitted for parsing. (CVE-2025-59375)

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Credits

Affected packages

Mageia:9 / expat

Package

Name
expat
Purl
pkg:rpm/mageia/expat?arch=source&distro=mageia-9

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.7.3-1.mga9

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "section": "core"
}