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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+<glsa id="201701-21">
+ <title>Expat: Multiple vulnerabilities</title>
+ <synopsis>Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Expat, the worst of
+ which may allow execution of arbitrary code.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">expat</product>
+ <announced>2017-01-11</announced>
+ <revised count="1">2017-01-11</revised>
+ <bug>458742</bug>
+ <bug>555642</bug>
+ <bug>577928</bug>
+ <bug>583268</bug>
+ <bug>585510</bug>
+ <access>remote</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="dev-libs/expat" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">2.2.0-r1</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">2.2.0-r1</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>Expat is a set of XML parsing libraries.</p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Expat. Please review
+ the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
+ </p>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="normal">
+ <p>A remote attacker, by enticing a user to process a specially crafted XML
+ file, could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or
+ cause a Denial of Service condition. This attack could also be used
+ against automated systems that arbitrarily process XML files.
+ </p>
+ </impact>
+ <workaround>
+ <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
+ </workaround>
+ <resolution>
+ <p>All Expat users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
+
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=dev-libs/expat-2.2.0-r1"
+ </code>
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-6702">CVE-2012-6702</uri>
+ <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-0340">CVE-2013-0340</uri>
+ <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-1283">CVE-2015-1283</uri>
+ <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-0718">CVE-2016-0718</uri>
+ <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-4472">CVE-2016-4472</uri>
+ <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-5300">CVE-2016-5300</uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2015-12-31T03:24:00Z">
+ BlueKnight
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2017-01-11T12:13:03Z">whissi</metadata>
+</glsa>