MGASA-2016-0101
Updated exempi exiv2 packages fix security vulnerability
exempi contains code to protect against a denial-service-attack related to XML entity expansion ("billion laughs attack"), but it was not compiled into the Mageia package because BanAllEntityUsage was not defined when the package was compiled.
This has been corrected by recompiling it with the BanAllEntityUsage macro defined. The exiv2 package contains a bundled copy of the same code and has also been recompiled with the macro defined.
What each source reports
OSV No score
Updated exempi exiv2 packages fix security vulnerability
exempi contains code to protect against a denial-service-attack related to XML entity expansion ("billion laughs attack"), but it was not compiled into the Mageia package because BanAllEntityUsage was not defined when the package was compiled.
This has been corrected by recompiling it with the BanAllEntityUsage macro defined. The exiv2 package contains a bundled copy of the same code and has also been recompiled with the macro defined.
- Record
MGASA-2016-0101- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected packages
History
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Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
MGASA-2016-0101 is a vulnerability with no CVSS score yet in exempi, published March 7, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. Fixed in exempi 2.2.2-14.1.mga5.