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Google: dev-libs/expat: security update to 18244.1.61

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 451782

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - libexpat through 2.6.1 allows an XML Entity Expansion attack when there is isolated use of external
 parsers (created via XML_ExternalEntityParserCreate). (CVE-2024-28757)

Solution

Update the dev-libs/expat library and its related packages to version 18244.1.61 or later.

See Also

https://storage.googleapis.com/cos-oval-vulnerability-feed/cos-113.oval.xml.tar.gz

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 451782

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/1/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.51

Vendor

Vendor Severity: LOW

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-28757

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/12/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-28757