In Expat (aka libexpat) before 2.4.5, an attacker can trigger stack exhaustion

Brocade Fabric OS

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01 August 2023

01 August 2023

CLOSED

HIGH

6.5 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVE-2022-25313

Brocade Security Advisory ID

BSA-2023-1870

Component

Libexpat

 

 

Summary

In Expat (aka libexpat) before 2.4.5, an attacker can trigger stack exhaustion in build_model via a large nesting depth in the DTD element.

 

Products Affected

All versions of Brocade Fabric OS

 

Products Confirmed Not Affected

Brocade SANnav and Brocade ASCG are not affected

 

Solution

A solution has been provided in Brocade Fabric OS v9.2.0 and later versions

 

 

Revision History

Version

Change

Date

1.0

Initial Publication

August 1, 2023

 

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