ALPINE-CVE-2018-20843 PUBLISHED CVSS 7.5 HIGH

In libexpat in Expat before 2.2.7, XML input including XML names that contain a large number of colons could make the XML parser consume a high amount of RAM and CPU resources while processing (enough to be usable for denial-of-service attacks).

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.1
7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Alpine:v3.11expat2.2.6-r0, 2.2.5-r0, 2.2.4-r0
Alpine:v3.18expat2.2.2-r0, 2.0.1-r0, 2.0.1-r1
Alpine:v3.14expat2.2.6-r0, 2.0.1-r0, 2.0.1-r2
Alpine:v3.10expat2.2.3-r0, 2.0.1-r1, 2.0.1-r2
Alpine:v3.17expat2.2.6-r0, 2.2.5-r0, 2.2.4-r0
Alpine:v3.22expat0, 2.0.1-r2, 2.0.1-r3
Alpine:v3.15expat2.0.1-r5, 0, 2.0.1-r0
Alpine:v3.13expat2.2.1-r0, 2.2.6-r0, 2.2.5-r0
Alpine:v3.7expat0, 2.0.1-r0, 2.0.1-r2
Alpine:v3.12expat2.2.1-r0, 0, 2.0.1-r0
Alpine:v3.20expat2.0.1-r6, 2.2.6-r0, 2.2.5-r0
Alpine:v3.16expat2.2.5-r0, 0, 2.0.1-r6
Alpine:v3.19expat2.2.0-r1, 2.2.6-r0, 2.2.5-r0
Alpine:v3.8expat2.2.5-r0, 0, 2.0.1-r0
Alpine:v3.23expat2.2.1-r0, 2.2.2-r0, 2.2.3-r0
Alpine:v3.21expat2.2.0-r1, 2.0.1-r6, 2.0.1-r5
Alpine:v3.9expat0, 2.0.1-r0, 2.0.1-r1

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