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Medium ALSA-2023:0103 1 CVE

Moderate: expat security update

Published Jan 12, 2023 · Updated Oct 29, 2026

Summary

Expat is a C library for parsing XML documents.

Security Fix(es):

* expat: use-after free caused by overeager destruction of a shared DTD in
XML_ExternalEntityParserCreate (CVE-2022-43680)

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.

Fixed packages 2

ReleasePackageFixed in
AlmaLinux · 8 expat 2.2.5-10.el8_7.1
AlmaLinux · 8 expat-devel 2.2.5-10.el8_7.1

Vulnerabilities 1

References

  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-43680
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2140059
  • advisory
    https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2023-0103.html