Bug 2044451 (CVE-2021-45960) - CVE-2021-45960 expat: Large number of prefixed XML attributes on a single tag can crash libexpat
Summary: CVE-2021-45960 expat: Large number of prefixed XML attributes on a single tag...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2021-45960
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 2053208 2044452 2052232 2052234 2052235 2052236 2052237 2052238 2052239 2058549 2058550 2058551 2058552 2058553 2058554 2060192 2060197 2060199 2060203 2060208 2060210
Blocks: 2044492
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2022-01-24 16:25 UTC by Pedro Sampaio
Modified: 2023-05-16 16:16 UTC (History)
35 users (show)

Fixed In Version: expat 2.4.3
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Last Closed: 2022-05-05 01:15:24 UTC
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Description Pedro Sampaio 2022-01-24 16:25:40 UTC 
In Expat (aka libexpat) before 2.4.3, a left shift by 29 (or more) places in the storeAtts function in xmlparse.c can lead to realloc misbehavior (e.g., allocating too few bytes, or only freeing memory). 

References:

https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/issues/531
https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/pull/534
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1217609
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/17/3
Comment 1 Pedro Sampaio 2022-01-24 16:26:02 UTC 
Created expat tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2044452]
Comment 12 errata-xmlrpc 2022-03-16 16:16:27 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2022:0951 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:0951
Comment 13 errata-xmlrpc 2022-03-28 11:49:13 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2022:1069 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1069
Comment 14 Product Security DevOps Team 2022-05-05 01:15:20 UTC 
This bug is now closed. Further updates for individual products will be reflected on the CVE page(s):

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2021-45960
Comment 15 errata-xmlrpc 2022-10-26 20:07:07 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat JBoss Core Services

Via RHSA-2022:7144 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:7144
Comment 16 errata-xmlrpc 2022-10-26 20:20:37 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  JBoss Core Services on RHEL 7
  JBoss Core Services for RHEL 8

Via RHSA-2022:7143 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:7143
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