Description:
Expat is a C library for parsing XML documents.
Security Fix(es):
* expat: large number of colons in input makes parser consume high amount of resources, leading to DoS (CVE-2018-20843)
* expat: heap-based buffer over-read via crafted XML input (CVE-2019-15903)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.
Updated packages:
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expat-2.2.5-4.el8.i686.rpm
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expat-2.2.5-4.el8.x86_64.rpm
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expat-devel-2.2.5-4.el8.i686.rpm
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expat-devel-2.2.5-4.el8.x86_64.rpm