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Medium ALSA-2023:0337 1 CVE

Moderate: expat security update

Published Jan 23, 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 · 9 expat 2.4.9-1.el9_1.1
AlmaLinux · 9 expat-devel 2.4.9-1.el9_1.1

Vulnerabilities 1

References

  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-43680
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2140059
  • advisory
    https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2023-0337.html