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Red Hat Security Advisory 2022-6833-01
Red Hat Security Advisory 2022-6833-01 - Expat is a C library for parsing XML documents. Issues addressed include a use-after-free vulnerability.
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Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Important: expat security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2022:6833-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:6833
Issue date: 2022-10-06
CVE Names: CVE-2022-40674
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- Summary:
An update for expat is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1
Update Services for SAP Solutions.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact
of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,
which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability
from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
- Relevant releases/architectures:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v. 8.1) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
- Description:
Expat is a C library for parsing XML documents.
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.
- Solution:
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes
described in this advisory, refer to:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
After installing the updated packages, applications using the Expat library
must be restarted for the update to take effect.
- Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):
2130769 - CVE-2022-40674 expat: a use-after-free in the doContent function in xmlparse.c
- Package List:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v. 8.1):
Source:
expat-2.2.5-3.el8_1.2.src.rpm
aarch64:
expat-2.2.5-3.el8_1.2.aarch64.rpm
expat-debuginfo-2.2.5-3.el8_1.2.aarch64.rpm
expat-debugsource-2.2.5-3.el8_1.2.aarch64.rpm
expat-devel-2.2.5-3.el8_1.2.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le:
expat-2.2.5-3.el8_1.2.ppc64le.rpm
expat-debuginfo-2.2.5-3.el8_1.2.ppc64le.rpm
expat-debugsource-2.2.5-3.el8_1.2.ppc64le.rpm
expat-devel-2.2.5-3.el8_1.2.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:
expat-2.2.5-3.el8_1.2.s390x.rpm
expat-debuginfo-2.2.5-3.el8_1.2.s390x.rpm
expat-debugsource-2.2.5-3.el8_1.2.s390x.rpm
expat-devel-2.2.5-3.el8_1.2.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
expat-2.2.5-3.el8_1.2.i686.rpm
expat-2.2.5-3.el8_1.2.x86_64.rpm
expat-debuginfo-2.2.5-3.el8_1.2.i686.rpm
expat-debuginfo-2.2.5-3.el8_1.2.x86_64.rpm
expat-debugsource-2.2.5-3.el8_1.2.i686.rpm
expat-debugsource-2.2.5-3.el8_1.2.x86_64.rpm
expat-devel-2.2.5-3.el8_1.2.i686.rpm
expat-devel-2.2.5-3.el8_1.2.x86_64.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/
- References:
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-40674
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
- Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is [email protected]. More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
Copyright 2022 Red Hat, Inc.
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