Fedora 41 mingw-expat: FEDORA-2024-fa21fd6c77 Denial of Service fix
fedora
November 19, 2024
Update to 2.6.4
Summary
This is expat, the C library for parsing XML, written by James Clark. Expat
is a stream oriented XML parser. This means that you register handlers with
the parser prior to starting the parse. These handlers are called when the
parser discovers the associated structures in the document being parsed. A
start tag is an example of the kind of structures for which you may
register handlers.
Update Information:
Update to 2.6.4. Backport fix for CVE-2024-50602.
Topics Covered
Change Log
* Sat Nov 9 2024 Sandro Mani
References
[ 1 ] Bug #2322195 - CVE-2024-50602 mingw-expat: DoS via XML_ResumeParser [fedora-40]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2322195
[ 2 ] Bug #2322230 - CVE-2024-50602 mingw-expat: DoS via XML_ResumeParser [fedora-39]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2322230
Update Instructions
This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2024-fa21fd6c77' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgrade-command-label
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Name: mingw-expat
Product: Fedora 41
Version: 2.6.4
Release: 1.fc41
Summary: MinGW Windows port of expat XML parser library
Topics Covered
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