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.
OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
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almalinux | 8 | i686 | expat | < 2.2.5-4.el8 | expat-2.2.5-4.el8.i686.rpm |
almalinux | 8 | x86_64 | expat | < 2.2.5-4.el8 | expat-2.2.5-4.el8.x86_64.rpm |
almalinux | 8 | i686 | expat-devel | < 2.2.5-4.el8 | expat-devel-2.2.5-4.el8.i686.rpm |
almalinux | 8 | x86_64 | expat-devel | < 2.2.5-4.el8 | expat-devel-2.2.5-4.el8.x86_64.rpm |