bpo-30610: [Security] Python's libexpat vulnerable to CVE-2016-0718#2021
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CVE-2016-0718: Expat allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a malformed input document, which triggers a buffer overflow. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-0718 Upgrade to Expat 2.2.0, which is not vulnerable https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/blob/R_2_2_0/expat/Changes Read the description: https://bugs.python.org/issue30610
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@Haypo fixed with Misc/NEWS, please could you review ? thanks |
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For the update of this library, just clone the repository and use the tag R_2_2_0 now, there is no experts (in https://github.com/python/devguide/blob/master/experts.rst#stdlib) for the |
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CVE-2016-0718: Expat allows context-dependent attackers to cause a
denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a
malformed input document, which triggers a buffer overflow.
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-0718
Upgrade to Expat 2.2.0, which is not vulnerable
https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/blob/R_2_2_0/expat/Changes
Read the description: https://bugs.python.org/issue30610