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Cryptographic Issues Affecting expat package, versions <2.1.1-3

0.0
medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity High
    Integrity High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.22% (61st percentile)
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NVD
5.9 medium
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Red Hat
4.3 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN9-EXPAT-358051
  • published 16 Jun 2016
  • disclosed 16 Jun 2016
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Introduced: 16 Jun 2016

CVE-2012-6702 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-310 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:9 expat to version 2.1.1-3 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream expat package and not the expat package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

Expat, when used in a parser that has not called XML_SetHashSalt or passed it a seed of 0, makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms via vectors involving use of the srand function.