ALSA-2023:3068

Source
https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2023-3068.html
Import Source
https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux8/ALSA-2023:3068.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/ALSA-2023:3068
Related
Published
2023-05-16T00:00:00Z
Modified
2023-05-19T22:04:41Z
Summary
Important: mingw-expat security update
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

AlmaLinux:8 / mingw32-expat

Package

Name
mingw32-expat

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.4.8-2.el8

AlmaLinux:8 / mingw64-expat

Package

Name
mingw64-expat

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.4.8-2.el8