USN-2726-1

It was discovered that Expat incorrectly handled malformed XML data. If a user or application linked against Expat were tricked into opening a crafted XML file, an attacker could cause a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / expat

Package

Name: expat
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/expat@2.1.0-4ubuntu1.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

2.1.0-4ubuntu1.1

Affected versions

2.*

2.1.0-4

2.1.0-4ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "expat",
            "binary_version": "2.1.0-4ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "lib64expat1",
            "binary_version": "2.1.0-4ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libexpat1",
            "binary_version": "2.1.0-4ubuntu1.1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-2726-1.json"

cves_map

{
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS",
    "cves": [
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2015-1283"
        }
    ]
}