vulnerability
Rocky Linux: CVE-2018-20843: expat (RLSA-2020-4484)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Jun 24, 2019 | Mar 12, 2024 | Aug 13, 2025 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Jun 24, 2019
Added
Mar 12, 2024
Modified
Aug 13, 2025
Description
In libexpat in Expat before 2.2.7, XML input including XML names that contain a large number of colons could make the XML parser consume a high amount of RAM and CPU resources while processing (enough to be usable for denial-of-service attacks).
Solutions
rocky-upgrade-expatrocky-upgrade-expat-debuginforocky-upgrade-expat-debugsourcerocky-upgrade-expat-devel
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