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(RHSA-2023:3068) Important: mingw-expat security update

2023-05-1606:02:05
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mingw-expat
security update
use-after-free
xml parsing
cve-2022-40674
red hat enterprise linux 8.8

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 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Release Notes linked from the References section.