Summary
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: large number of colons in input makes parser consume high amount of resources, leading to DoS (CVE-2018-20843)
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.
Fixed packages 2
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux · 8 | mingw32-expat | 2.2.4-5.el8 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | mingw64-expat | 2.2.4-5.el8 |
Vulnerabilities 1
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High 7.5
In libexpat in Expat before 2.2.7, XML input including XML names that contain a large number of colons could make the X…
References
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report
https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2018-20843