Description
Memory leak in the poolGrow function in expat/lib/xmlparse.c in expat before 2.1.0 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of crafted XML files that cause improperly-handled reallocation failures when expanding entities.
Affected products
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n/aaffected
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49504 ↗
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1527-1 ↗
- https://support.apple.com/HT205637 ↗
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034344 ↗
- http://expat.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/expat/expat/lib/xmlparse.c?r1=1.166&r2=1.167 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51040 ↗
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0731.html ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52379 ↗
- http://sourceforge.net/projects/expat/files/expat/2.1.0/ ↗
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0062.html ↗
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Dec/msg00005.html ↗
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2525 ↗
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:041 ↗
- http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=110127&aid=2958794&group_id=10127 ↗
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2957.html ↗
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1613-2 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51024 ↗
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1613-1 ↗