SUSE-SU-2025:1186-1

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Source
https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2025/suse-su-20251186-1/
Import Source
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2025:1186-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/SUSE-SU-2025:1186-1
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Published
2025-04-09T14:28:12Z
Modified
2026-03-11T07:29:33Z
Summary
Security update for expat
Details

This update for expat fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2024-8176: Fixed denial of service from chaining a large number of entities caused by stack overflow by resolving use of recursion (bsc#1239618)

Other fixes:

  • version update to 2.7.1 (jsc#PED-12500) Bug fixes: #980 #989 Restore event pointer behavior from Expat 2.6.4 (that the fix to CVE-2024-8176 changed in 2.7.0); affected API functions are: - XML_GetCurrentByteCount - XML_GetCurrentByteIndex - XML_GetCurrentColumnNumber - XML_GetCurrentLineNumber - XML_GetInputContext Other changes: #976 #977 Autotools: Integrate files 'fuzz/xml_lpm_fuzzer.{cpp,proto}' with Automake that were missing from 2.7.0 release tarballs #983 #984 Fix printf format specifiers for 32bit Emscripten #992 docs: Promote OpenSSF Best Practices self-certification #978 tests/benchmark: Resolve mistaken double close #986 Address compiler warnings #990 #993 Version info bumped from 11:1:10 (libexpat*.so.1.10.1) to 11:2:10 (libexpat*.so.1.10.2); see https://verbump.de/ for what these numbers do Infrastructure: #982 CI: Start running Perl XML::Parser integration tests #987 CI: Enforce Clang Static Analyzer clean code #991 CI: Re-enable warning clang-analyzer-valist.Uninitialized for clang-tidy #981 CI: Cover compilation with musl #983 #984 CI: Cover compilation with 32bit Emscripten #976 #977 CI: Protect against fuzzer files missing from future release archives

  • version update to 2.7.0 #935 #937 Autotools: Make generated CMake files look for libexpat.@SO_MAJOR@.dylib on macOS #925 Autotools: Sync CMake templates with CMake 3.29 #945 #962 #966 CMake: Drop support for CMake <3.13 #942 CMake: Small fuzzing related improvements #921 docs: Add missing documentation of error code XML_ERROR_NOT_STARTED that was introduced with 2.6.4 #941 docs: Document need for C++11 compiler for use from C++ #959 tests/benchmark: Fix a (harmless) TOCTTOU #944 Windows: Fix installer target location of file xmlwf.xml for CMake #953 Windows: Address warning -Wunknown-warning-option about -Wno-pedantic-ms-format from LLVM MinGW #971 Address Cppcheck warnings #969 #970 Mass-migrate links from http:// to https:// #947 #958 .. #974 #975 Document changes since the previous release #974 #975 Version info bumped from 11:0:10 (libexpat*.so.1.10.0) to 11:1:10 (libexpat*.so.1.10.1); see https://verbump.de/ for what these numbers do

References

Affected packages

SUSE:Enterprise Storage 7.1
expat

Package

Name
expat
Purl
pkg:rpm/suse/expat&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%207.1

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.7.1-150000.3.36.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries":  [
        {
            "expat":  "2.7.1-150000.3.36.1",
            "libexpat-devel":  "2.7.1-150000.3.36.1",
            "libexpat1":  "2.7.1-150000.3.36.1",
            "libexpat1-32bit":  "2.7.1-150000.3.36.1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2025:1186-1.json"
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS
expat

Package

Name
expat
Purl
pkg:rpm/suse/expat&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP3-LTSS

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.7.1-150000.3.36.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries":  [
        {
            "expat":  "2.7.1-150000.3.36.1",
            "libexpat-devel":  "2.7.1-150000.3.36.1",
            "libexpat1":  "2.7.1-150000.3.36.1",
            "libexpat1-32bit":  "2.7.1-150000.3.36.1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2025:1186-1.json"
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1
expat

Package

Name
expat
Purl
pkg:rpm/suse/expat&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.1

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.7.1-150000.3.36.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries":  [
        {
            "libexpat1":  "2.7.1-150000.3.36.1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2025:1186-1.json"
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2
expat

Package

Name
expat
Purl
pkg:rpm/suse/expat&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.2

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.7.1-150000.3.36.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries":  [
        {
            "libexpat1":  "2.7.1-150000.3.36.1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2025:1186-1.json"
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS
expat

Package

Name
expat
Purl
pkg:rpm/suse/expat&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP3-LTSS

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.7.1-150000.3.36.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries":  [
        {
            "expat":  "2.7.1-150000.3.36.1",
            "libexpat-devel":  "2.7.1-150000.3.36.1",
            "libexpat1":  "2.7.1-150000.3.36.1",
            "libexpat1-32bit":  "2.7.1-150000.3.36.1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2025:1186-1.json"
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3
expat

Package

Name
expat
Purl
pkg:rpm/suse/expat&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP3

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.7.1-150000.3.36.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries":  [
        {
            "expat":  "2.7.1-150000.3.36.1",
            "libexpat-devel":  "2.7.1-150000.3.36.1",
            "libexpat1":  "2.7.1-150000.3.36.1",
            "libexpat1-32bit":  "2.7.1-150000.3.36.1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2025:1186-1.json"