USN-6694-1

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6694-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-6694-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-6694-1
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Published
2024-03-14T10:19:40.430402Z
Modified
2025-10-13T04:36:53Z
Summary
expat vulnerabilities
Details

It was discovered that Expat could be made to consume large amounts of resources. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing specially crafted input, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2023-52425, CVE-2024-28757)

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS / expat

Package

Name
expat
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/expat@2.4.7-1ubuntu0.3?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.4.7-1ubuntu0.3

Affected versions

2.*

2.4.1-2
2.4.1-3
2.4.2-1
2.4.3-1
2.4.3-2
2.4.4-1
2.4.6-1
2.4.7-1
2.4.7-1ubuntu0.1
2.4.7-1ubuntu0.2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2.4.7-1ubuntu0.3",
            "binary_name": "expat"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.4.7-1ubuntu0.3",
            "binary_name": "libexpat1"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.4.7-1ubuntu0.3",
            "binary_name": "libexpat1-dev"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

{
    "cves_map": {
        "cves": [
            {
                "severity": [
                    {
                        "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
                        "type": "CVSS_V3"
                    },
                    {
                        "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
                        "type": "CVSS_V3"
                    },
                    {
                        "score": "medium",
                        "type": "Ubuntu"
                    }
                ],
                "id": "CVE-2023-52425"
            },
            {
                "severity": [
                    {
                        "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
                        "type": "CVSS_V3"
                    },
                    {
                        "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
                        "type": "CVSS_V3"
                    },
                    {
                        "score": "medium",
                        "type": "Ubuntu"
                    }
                ],
                "id": "CVE-2024-28757"
            }
        ],
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:22.04:LTS"
    }
}