USN-5638-1

Rhodri James discovered that Expat incorrectly handled memory when processing certain malformed XML files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash or execute arbitrary code.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5638-1

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / expat

Package

Name: expat
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/expat@2.1.0-7ubuntu0.16.04.5+esm6?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/xenial

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

2.1.0-7ubuntu0.16.04.5+esm6

Affected versions

2.*

2.1.0-7

2.1.0-7ubuntu0.16.04.1

2.1.0-7ubuntu0.16.04.2

2.1.0-7ubuntu0.16.04.3

2.1.0-7ubuntu0.16.04.4

2.1.0-7ubuntu0.16.04.5

2.1.0-7ubuntu0.16.04.5+esm2

2.1.0-7ubuntu0.16.04.5+esm5

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "expat",
            "binary_version": "2.1.0-7ubuntu0.16.04.5+esm6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "lib64expat1",
            "binary_version": "2.1.0-7ubuntu0.16.04.5+esm6"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libexpat1",
            "binary_version": "2.1.0-7ubuntu0.16.04.5+esm6"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro"
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "cves": [],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS"
}

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-5638-1.json"