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CVE-2023-52425

Publication date 4 February 2024

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5 · High

Score breakdown

libexpat through 2.5.0 allows a denial of service (resource consumption) because many full reparsings are required in the case of a large token for which multiple buffer fills are needed.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
apache2 24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
23.10 mantic
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected
apr-util 24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
23.10 mantic
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected
ayttm 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial
Needs evaluation
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored
cableswig 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial
Needs evaluation
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored
cadaver 24.04 LTS noble
Needs evaluation
23.10 mantic Ignored
22.04 LTS jammy
Needs evaluation
20.04 LTS focal
Needs evaluation
18.04 LTS bionic
Needs evaluation
16.04 LTS xenial
Needs evaluation
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored
cmake 24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
23.10 mantic
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored
coin3 24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
23.10 mantic
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Needs evaluation
16.04 LTS xenial
Needs evaluation
14.04 LTS trusty
Needs evaluation
expat 24.04 LTS noble
Fixed 2.6.0-1
23.10 mantic
Fixed 2.5.0-2ubuntu0.1
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 2.4.7-1ubuntu0.3
20.04 LTS focal Ignored
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored
firefox 24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
23.10 mantic
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored
gdcm 24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
23.10 mantic
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Needs evaluation
16.04 LTS xenial
Needs evaluation
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected
ghostscript 24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
23.10 mantic
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored
insighttoolkit4 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy
Needs evaluation
20.04 LTS focal
Needs evaluation
18.04 LTS bionic
Needs evaluation
16.04 LTS xenial
Needs evaluation
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored
libxmltok 24.04 LTS noble Ignored
23.10 mantic Ignored
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored
20.04 LTS focal Ignored
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored
matanza 24.04 LTS noble
Needs evaluation
23.10 mantic Ignored
22.04 LTS jammy
Needs evaluation
20.04 LTS focal
Needs evaluation
18.04 LTS bionic
Needs evaluation
16.04 LTS xenial
Needs evaluation
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored
smart 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Needs evaluation
16.04 LTS xenial
Needs evaluation
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored
swish-e 24.04 LTS noble
Needs evaluation
23.10 mantic Ignored
22.04 LTS jammy
Needs evaluation
20.04 LTS focal
Needs evaluation
18.04 LTS bionic
Needs evaluation
16.04 LTS xenial
Needs evaluation
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored
tdom 24.04 LTS noble
Needs evaluation
23.10 mantic Ignored
22.04 LTS jammy
Needs evaluation
20.04 LTS focal
Needs evaluation
18.04 LTS bionic
Needs evaluation
16.04 LTS xenial
Needs evaluation
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored
texlive-bin 24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
23.10 mantic
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored
thunderbird 24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
23.10 mantic Ignored
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored
vnc4 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Needs evaluation
16.04 LTS xenial
Needs evaluation
14.04 LTS trusty
Needs evaluation
vtk 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial
Needs evaluation
14.04 LTS trusty
Needs evaluation
wbxml2 24.04 LTS noble
Needs evaluation
23.10 mantic Ignored
22.04 LTS jammy
Needs evaluation
20.04 LTS focal
Needs evaluation
18.04 LTS bionic
Needs evaluation
16.04 LTS xenial
Needs evaluation
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored
xmlrpc-c 24.04 LTS noble
Needs evaluation
23.10 mantic Ignored
22.04 LTS jammy
Needs evaluation
20.04 LTS focal
Needs evaluation
18.04 LTS bionic
Needs evaluation
16.04 LTS xenial
Needs evaluation
14.04 LTS trusty
Needs evaluation

Notes

sbeattie

paraview uses system expat xotcl uses system expat poco uses system expat gdcm uses system expat audacity uses system expat simgear uses system expat coin3 uses system expat as of 4.0.0~CMake~6f54f1602475+ds1-1 sitecopy uses system expat since 1:0.16.0-1 (dapper!) insighttoolkit uses system expat as of 4.12.1-dfsg1

mdeslaur

apache2 uses system expat apr-util uses system expat cmake uses system expat ghostscript uses system expat firefox uses system expat

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

Other references