CVE-2017-9233

Upstream information

CVE-2017-9233 at MITRE

Description

XML External Entity vulnerability in libexpat 2.2.0 and earlier (Expat XML Parser Library) allows attackers to put the parser in an infinite loop using a malformed external entity definition from an external DTD.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Running

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
	National Vulnerability Database	SUSE
Base Score	5	4.3
Vector	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector	Network	Network
Access Complexity	Low	Medium
Authentication	None	None
Confidentiality Impact	None	None
Integrity Impact	None	None
Availability Impact	Partial	Partial

CVSS v3 Scores
	National Vulnerability Database	SUSE
Base Score	7.5	7.5
Vector	AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H	AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Access Vector	Network	Network
Access Complexity	Low	Low
Privileges Required	None	None
User Interaction	None	None
Scope	Unchanged	Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact	None	None
Integrity Impact	None	None
Availability Impact	High	High

SUSE Bugzilla entries: 1030296 [NEW], 1047236 [RESOLVED / FIXED], 1073350 [RESOLVED / NORESPONSE], 983216 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

SUSE-SU-2017:2299-1, published Wed Aug 30 11:27:14 MDT 2017
SUSE-SU-2017:2375-1, published Wed Sep 6 07:07:22 MDT 2017
SUSE-SU-2017:2470-1, published Thu, 14 Sep 2017 21:11:54 +0200 (CEST)
SUSE-SU-2017:2699-1, published Wed, 11 Oct 2017 03:06:53 +0200 (CEST)
SUSE-SU-2017:2700-1, published Wed, 11 Oct 2017 03:07:32 +0200 (CEST)
SUSE-SU-2017:2701-1, published Wed, 11 Oct 2017 03:08:09 +0200 (CEST)
openSUSE-SU-2017:2336-1, published Mon, 4 Sep 2017 12:07:29 +0200 (CEST)

List of released packages

Product(s)	Fixed package version(s)	References
Openstack Cloud Magnum Orchestration 7	`expat >= 2.1.0-21.3.1` `libexpat1 >= 2.1.0-21.3.1`	Patchnames: SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-Magnum-Orchestration-7-2017-1419
SUSE CaaS Platform ALL	`caasp-container-manifests >= 0.0.0+git_r155_93e40ab-2.3.3` `container-feeder >= 0.0.0+20170901.git_r55_17ecbd3-2.3.3` `expat >= 2.1.0-21.3.1` `libexpat1 >= 2.1.0-21.3.1` `sles12-mariadb-docker-image >= 1.1.0-2.3.10` `sles12-pause-docker-image >= 1.1.0-2.3.11` `sles12-pv-recycler-node-docker-image >= 1.1.0-2.3.10` `sles12-salt-api-docker-image >= 1.1.0-2.3.9` `sles12-salt-master-docker-image >= 1.1.0-4.3.10` `sles12-salt-minion-docker-image >= 1.1.0-2.3.8` `sles12-velum-docker-image >= 1.1.0-4.3.9`	Patchnames: SUSE-CAASP-ALL-2017-1419 SUSE-CAASP-ALL-2017-1531
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2	`expat >= 2.1.0-21.3.1` `libexpat1 >= 2.1.0-21.3.1` `libexpat1-32bit >= 2.1.0-21.3.1`	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP2-2017-1419
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3	`expat >= 2.1.0-21.3.1` `libexpat1 >= 2.1.0-21.3.1` `libexpat1-32bit >= 2.1.0-21.3.1`	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP3-2017-1419
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Containers 12	`sles12-docker-image >= 1.1.4-20171002` `sles12sp1-docker-image >= 1.0.7-20171002` `sles12sp2-docker-image >= 1.0.2-20171006`	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-Module-Containers-12-2017-1672 SUSE-SLE-Module-Containers-12-2017-1673 SUSE-SLE-Module-Containers-12-2017-1674
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4	`expat >= 2.0.1-88.42.3.2` `libexpat1 >= 2.0.1-88.42.3.2` `libexpat1-32bit >= 2.0.1-88.42.3.2` `libexpat1-x86 >= 2.0.1-88.42.3.2`	Patchnames: slessp4-expat-13267
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2	`expat >= 2.1.0-21.3.1` `libexpat1 >= 2.1.0-21.3.1` `libexpat1-32bit >= 2.1.0-21.3.1`	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2017-1419
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3	`expat >= 2.1.0-21.3.1` `libexpat1 >= 2.1.0-21.3.1` `libexpat1-32bit >= 2.1.0-21.3.1`	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2017-1419
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2	`expat >= 2.1.0-21.3.1` `libexpat1 >= 2.1.0-21.3.1`	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-RPI-12-SP2-2017-1419
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4	`expat >= 2.0.1-88.42.3.2` `libexpat-devel >= 2.0.1-88.42.3.2`	Patchnames: sdksp4-expat-13267
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2	`expat >= 2.1.0-21.3.1` `libexpat-devel >= 2.1.0-21.3.1`	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP2-2017-1419
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3	`expat >= 2.1.0-21.3.1` `libexpat-devel >= 2.1.0-21.3.1`	Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP3-2017-1419
SUSE Studio Onsite 1.3	`expat >= 2.0.1-88.42.3.2` `libexpat-devel >= 2.0.1-88.42.3.2`	Patchnames: slestso13-expat-13267
openSUSE Leap 42.2	`expat >= 2.1.0-21.3.1` `expat-debuginfo >= 2.1.0-21.3.1` `expat-debuginfo-32bit >= 2.1.0-21.3.1` `expat-debugsource >= 2.1.0-21.3.1` `libexpat-devel >= 2.1.0-21.3.1` `libexpat-devel-32bit >= 2.1.0-21.3.1` `libexpat1 >= 2.1.0-21.3.1` `libexpat1-32bit >= 2.1.0-21.3.1` `libexpat1-debuginfo >= 2.1.0-21.3.1` `libexpat1-debuginfo-32bit >= 2.1.0-21.3.1`	Patchnames: openSUSE-2017-993
openSUSE Leap 42.3	`expat >= 2.1.0-24.1` `expat-debuginfo >= 2.1.0-24.1` `expat-debuginfo-32bit >= 2.1.0-24.1` `expat-debugsource >= 2.1.0-24.1` `libexpat-devel >= 2.1.0-24.1` `libexpat-devel-32bit >= 2.1.0-24.1` `libexpat1 >= 2.1.0-24.1` `libexpat1-32bit >= 2.1.0-24.1` `libexpat1-debuginfo >= 2.1.0-24.1` `libexpat1-debuginfo-32bit >= 2.1.0-24.1`	Patchnames: openSUSE-2017-993

Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification.

Product(s)	Source package	State
CaaS Platform 1.0	expat	Released
CaaS Platform 2.0	expat	Released
OpenStack Cloud Magnum Orchestration 7.0	expat	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 GA	expat	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1	expat	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2	expat	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3	expat	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise SDK 11 SP4	expat	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise SDK 12 GA	expat	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise SDK 12 SP1	expat	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise SDK 12 SP2	expat	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise SDK 12 SP3	expat	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 LTSS	expat	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 LTSS	expat	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 LTSS	expat	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4	expat	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 GA	expat	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1	expat	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2	expat	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 for Raspberry PI	expat	Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3	expat	Released
SUSE Studio Onsite 1.3	expat	Released