{"id":"MGASA-2016-0227","summary":"Updated expat packages fix security vulnerabilities","details":"Updated expat packages fix security vulnerabilities:\n\nAn issue was introduced when CVE-2012-0876 was addressed. Stefan Sørensen\ndiscovered that the use of the function XML_Parse() seeds the random number\ngenerator generating repeated outputs for rand() calls (CVE-2012-6702).\n\nDue to an incomplete solution for CVE-2012-0876, the parser poorly seeds the\nrandom number generator allowing an attacker to cause a denial of service\n(CPU consumption) via an XML file with crafted identifiers (CVE-2016-5300).\n","modified":"2026-01-30T23:34:40.592188Z","published":"2016-06-17T05:58:14Z","related":["CVE-2012-6702","CVE-2016-5300"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0227.html"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18623"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3597"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"expat","ecosystem":"Mageia:5","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/expat?arch=source&distro=mageia-5"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.1.0-9.3.mga5"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0227.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","credits":[{"name":"Mageia","contact":["https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Packages_Security_Team"],"type":"COORDINATOR"}]}