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CVE-2012-1148

Memory leak in the poolGrow function in expat/lib/xmlparse.c in expat before 2.1.0 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of s

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Summary

Memory leak in the poolGrow function in expat/lib/xmlparse.c in expat before 2.1.0 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of crafted XML files that cause improperly-handled reallocation failures when expanding entities.

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Affected versions

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    Version range not reported

References 18

secunia.com

ubuntu.com

support.apple.com

securitytracker.com

expat.cvs.sourceforge.net

rhn.redhat.com

securityfocus.com

sourceforge.net

lists.apple.com

debian.org

mandriva.com