USN-2726-1

It was discovered that Expat incorrectly handled malformed XML data. If a user or application linked against Expat were tricked into opening a crafted XML file, an attacker could cause a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / expat

Package

Name: expat
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/expat@2.1.0-4ubuntu1.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

2.1.0-4ubuntu1.1

Affected versions

2.*

2.1.0-4

2.1.0-4ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "expat",
            "binary_version": "2.1.0-4ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "expat-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "2.1.0-4ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "lib64expat1",
            "binary_version": "2.1.0-4ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "lib64expat1-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "2.1.0-4ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "lib64expat1-dev",
            "binary_version": "2.1.0-4ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libexpat1",
            "binary_version": "2.1.0-4ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libexpat1-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "2.1.0-4ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libexpat1-dev",
            "binary_version": "2.1.0-4ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libexpat1-udeb",
            "binary_version": "2.1.0-4ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libexpat1-udeb-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "2.1.0-4ubuntu1.1"
        }
    ]
}