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MGASA-2022-0048 - Updated expat packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 03 Feb 2022
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2022-0048.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 8
CVE: CVE-2022-23852,
     CVE-2022-23990

Expat (aka libexpat) before 2.4.4 has a signed integer overflow in
XML_GetBuffer, for configurations with a nonzero XML_CONTEXT_BYTES.
(CVE-2022-23852)

Expat (aka libexpat) before 2.4.4 has an integer overflow in the doProlog
function. (CVE-2022-23990)

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29985
- https://www.debian.org/lts/security/2022/dla-2904
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-23852
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-23990

SRPMS:
- 8/core/expat-2.2.10-1.2.mga8

Mageia 2022-0048: expat security update

Expat (aka libexpat) before 2.4.4 has a signed integer overflow in XML_GetBuffer, for configurations with a nonzero XML_CONTEXT_BYTES

Summary

Expat (aka libexpat) before 2.4.4 has a signed integer overflow in XML_GetBuffer, for configurations with a nonzero XML_CONTEXT_BYTES. (CVE-2022-23852)
Expat (aka libexpat) before 2.4.4 has an integer overflow in the doProlog function. (CVE-2022-23990)