- Issued:
- 2024-03-26
- Updated:
- 2024-03-26
RHSA-2024:1530 - Moderate: expat security update
Synopsis
Moderate: expat security update
Type/Severity
Security Advisory Moderate
Topic
An update for expat is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.
'Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. 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.
Description
Expat is a C library for parsing XML documents.
Security Fix(es):
-
expat: parsing large tokens can trigger a denial of service (CVE-2023-52425)
-
expat: XML Entity Expansion (CVE-2024-28757)
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.
Affected Products
| Product | Version | Arch |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 | 9 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions | 9.6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions | 9.4 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support | 9.6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support | 9.4 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Life Cycle | 9.6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Life Cycle | 9.4 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian | 9 | ppc64le |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support | 9.6 | ppc64le |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support | 9.4 | ppc64le |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Life Cycle | 9.6 | ppc64le |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Life Cycle | 9.4 | ppc64le |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems | 9 | s390x |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support | 9.6 | s390x |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support | 9.4 | s390x |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Life Cycle | 9.6 | s390x |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Life Cycle | 9.4 | s390x |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - 4 years of updates | 9.6 | s390x |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - 4 years of updates | 9.4 | s390x |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 | 9 | aarch64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support | 9.6 | aarch64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support | 9.4 | aarch64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Life Cycle | 9.6 | aarch64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Life Cycle | 9.4 | aarch64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - 4 years of updates | 9.6 | aarch64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - 4 years of updates | 9.4 | aarch64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions | 9.6 | ppc64le |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions | 9.4 | ppc64le |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS | 9.6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS | 9.4 | x86_64 |
Updated Packages
- expat-debuginfo-2.5.0-1.el9_3.1.aarch64.rpm
- expat-2.5.0-1.el9_3.1.i686.rpm
- expat-2.5.0-1.el9_3.1.aarch64.rpm
- expat-debugsource-2.5.0-1.el9_3.1.s390x.rpm
- expat-devel-2.5.0-1.el9_3.1.ppc64le.rpm
- expat-debugsource-2.5.0-1.el9_3.1.x86_64.rpm
- expat-debugsource-2.5.0-1.el9_3.1.i686.rpm
- expat-debuginfo-2.5.0-1.el9_3.1.s390x.rpm
- expat-debugsource-2.5.0-1.el9_3.1.ppc64le.rpm
- expat-2.5.0-1.el9_3.1.x86_64.rpm
- expat-debuginfo-2.5.0-1.el9_3.1.ppc64le.rpm
- expat-devel-2.5.0-1.el9_3.1.i686.rpm
- expat-2.5.0-1.el9_3.1.ppc64le.rpm
- expat-2.5.0-1.el9_3.1.s390x.rpm
- expat-devel-2.5.0-1.el9_3.1.x86_64.rpm
- expat-debuginfo-2.5.0-1.el9_3.1.i686.rpm
- expat-2.5.0-1.el9_3.1.src.rpm
- expat-debugsource-2.5.0-1.el9_3.1.aarch64.rpm
- expat-devel-2.5.0-1.el9_3.1.aarch64.rpm
- expat-debuginfo-2.5.0-1.el9_3.1.x86_64.rpm
- expat-devel-2.5.0-1.el9_3.1.s390x.rpm
Fixes
CVEs
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
- https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/9/html/9.3_release_notes/index
Additional information
- The Red Hat security contact is This content is not included.secalert@redhat.com. More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/.
- Offline Security Data data is available for integration with other systems. See Offline Security Data API to get started.