vulnerability

Oracle Linux: CVE-2022-25313: ELSA-2022-5244: expat security update (MODERATE) (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Feb 19, 2022
Added
Jun 30, 2022
Modified
Dec 3, 2025

Description

In Expat (aka libexpat) before 2.4.5, an attacker can trigger stack exhaustion in build_model via a large nesting depth in the DTD element.
A flaw was found in expat. A stack exhaustion in doctype parsing could be triggered by a file with a large number of opening braces, resulting in a denial of service.

Solutions

oracle-linux-upgrade-expatoracle-linux-upgrade-expat-devel
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