USN-6694-1: Expat vulnerabilities
Severity
Medium
Vendor
Canonical Ubuntu
Versions Affected
- Canonical Ubuntu 22.04
Description
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) Update Instructions: Run `sudo pro fix USN-6694-1` to fix the vulnerability. The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: expat – 2.4.7-1ubuntu0.3 libexpat1 – 2.4.7-1ubuntu0.3 libexpat1-dev – 2.4.7-1ubuntu0.3 No subscription required
CVEs contained in this USN include: CVE-2023-52425, CVE-2024-28757.
Affected Cloud Foundry Products and Versions
Severity is medium unless otherwise noted.
- cflinuxfs4
- All versions prior to 1.82.0
- Jammy Stemcells
- 1.x versions prior to 1.406
- All other stemcells not listed.
- CF Deployment
- All versions with Jammy Stemcells prior to 1.406
Mitigation
Users of affected products are strongly encouraged to follow the mitigations below.
The Cloud Foundry project recommends upgrading the following releases:
- cflinuxfs4
- Upgrade all versions to 1.82.0 or greater
- Jammy Stemcells
- Upgrade 1.x versions to 1.406 or greater
- All other stemcells should be upgraded to the latest version available on bosh.io.
- CF Deployment
- For all versions, upgrade Jammy Stemcells to 1.406 or greater
References
History
2024-04-04: Initial vulnerability report published.
