CVE-2024-8176 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2024-8176: A stack overflow vulnerability exists in the libexpat library due to the way it handles recursive entity expansion in XML documents. When parsing an XML document with deeply nested entity references, libexpat can be forced to recurse indefinitely, exhausting the stack space and causing a crash. This

Affects 7 Linux releases across 7 (distro × package) combinations.

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2024-8176 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian bookworm

Source: Debian Security Tracker

expat→ fixed in2.5.0-1+deb12u2urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y expat
```

Debian trixie

Source: Debian Security Tracker

expat→ fixed in2.7.0-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y expat
```

Alpine v3.20

Source: Alpine secdb

expat→ fixed in2.7.0-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade expat
```

Alpine v3.21

Source: Alpine secdb

expat→ fixed in2.7.0-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade expat
```

Alpine edge

Source: Alpine secdb

expat→ fixed in2.7.0-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade expat
```

Alpine v3.18

Source: Alpine secdb

expat→ fixed in2.7.0-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade expat
```

Alpine v3.19

Source: Alpine secdb

expat→ fixed in2.7.0-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade expat
```

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