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HistoryMay 16, 2023 - 12:00 a.m.

Important: mingw-expat security update

2023-05-1600:00:00
errata.almalinux.org
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mingw-expat
security update
use-after-free
xml parsing
cve-2022-40674
cve
almalinux
release notes

8.1 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

0.006 Low

EPSS

Percentile

77.8%

Expat is a C library for parsing XML documents. The mingw-expat packages provide a port of the Expat library for MinGW.

Security Fix(es):

  • expat: a use-after-free in the doContent function in xmlparse.c (CVE-2022-40674)

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.

8.1 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

0.006 Low

EPSS

Percentile

77.8%