Expat: Multiple vulnerabilities

Expat: Multiple vulnerabilities Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Expat, the worst of which may allow execution of arbitrary code. expat 2017-01-11 2017-01-11 458742 555642 577928 583268 585510 remote 2.2.0-r1 2.2.0-r1

Expat is a set of XML parsing libraries.

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Expat. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

A remote attacker, by enticing a user to process a specially crafted XML file, could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or cause a Denial of Service condition. This attack could also be used against automated systems that arbitrarily process XML files.

There is no known workaround at this time.

All Expat users should upgrade to the latest version:


      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/expat-2.2.0-r1"

CVE-2012-6702 CVE-2013-0340 CVE-2015-1283 CVE-2016-0718 CVE-2016-4472 CVE-2016-5300 BlueKnight whissi