Bug 1221289 (CVE-2024-28757) - VUL-0: CVE-2024-28757: expat: libexpat: XML Entity Expansion
Summary: VUL-0: CVE-2024-28757: expat: libexpat: XML Entity Expansion
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: CVE-2024-28757
Product: SUSE Security Incidents
Classification: Novell Products
Component: Incidents (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Other Other
: P3 - Medium : Major
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Assignee: Security Team bot
QA Contact: Security Team bot
URL: https://smash.suse.de/issue/396787/
Whiteboard: CVSSv3.1:SUSE:CVE-2024-28757:7.5:(AV:...
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Reported: 2024-03-12 11:44 UTC by SMASH SMASH
Modified: 2024-07-08 12:30 UTC (History)
6 users (show)

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Description SMASH SMASH 2024-03-12 11:44:21 UTC
libexpat through 2.6.1 allows an XML Entity Expansion attack when there is isolated use of external parsers (created via XML_ExternalEntityParserCreate).

References:
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2024-28757
https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/pull/842
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-28757
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2268766

Patch:
https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/issues/839
Comment 1 Andrea Mattiazzo 2024-03-12 11:44:56 UTC
Tracking as affected:
 - SUSE:ALP:Source:Standard:1.0/expat
 - SUSE:SLE-15-SP4:Update/expat
 - openSUSE:Factory/expat
Comment 2 Andreas Stieger 2024-03-14 19:07:57 UTC
submitted yesterday... can we move this along?
https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/1157769
Comment 6 Maintenance Automation 2024-04-08 08:30:01 UTC
SUSE-SU-2024:1129-1: An update that solves two vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Category: security (important)
Bug References: 1219559, 1221289
CVE References: CVE-2023-52425, CVE-2024-28757
Maintenance Incident: [SUSE:Maintenance:32868](https://smelt.suse.de/incident/32868/)
Sources used:
openSUSE Leap 15.4 (src):
 expat-2.4.4-150400.3.17.1
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.3 (src):
 expat-2.4.4-150400.3.17.1
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.4 (src):
 expat-2.4.4-150400.3.17.1
openSUSE Leap 15.5 (src):
 expat-2.4.4-150400.3.17.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3 (src):
 expat-2.4.4-150400.3.17.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 (src):
 expat-2.4.4-150400.3.17.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4 (src):
 expat-2.4.4-150400.3.17.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 (src):
 expat-2.4.4-150400.3.17.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 (src):
 expat-2.4.4-150400.3.17.1
Basesystem Module 15-SP5 (src):
 expat-2.4.4-150400.3.17.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4 (src):
 expat-2.4.4-150400.3.17.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4 (src):
 expat-2.4.4-150400.3.17.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 LTSS 15-SP4 (src):
 expat-2.4.4-150400.3.17.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS 15-SP4 (src):
 expat-2.4.4-150400.3.17.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 (src):
 expat-2.4.4-150400.3.17.1
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 (src):
 expat-2.4.4-150400.3.17.1
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 (src):
 expat-2.4.4-150400.3.17.1
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 (src):
 expat-2.4.4-150400.3.17.1

NOTE: This line indicates an update has been released for the listed product(s). At times this might be only a partial fix. If you have questions please reach out to maintenance coordination.
Comment 8 David Anes 2024-07-03 11:23:03 UTC
Everything was fixed long ago and updates are popping up. Sending back to security for review.
Comment 9 Andrea Mattiazzo 2024-07-03 11:53:24 UTC
All done, closing.