[ALSA-2020:4484] Moderate: expat security update
Type:
security
Severity:
moderate
Release date:
2021-11-12
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:
  • expat-2.2.5-4.el8.i686.rpm
  • expat-2.2.5-4.el8.x86_64.rpm
  • expat-devel-2.2.5-4.el8.i686.rpm
  • expat-devel-2.2.5-4.el8.x86_64.rpm
Notes:
This page is generated automatically from Red Hat security data and has not been checked for errors. For clarification or corrections please contact the AlmaLinux Packaging Team.