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openSUSE 15.3: 2022:0844-1 Expat Security Update - Essential Critical Fix

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Calendar Grey March 15, 2022
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Crucial openSUSE Security Patch for expat tackling significant vulnerabilities. Adhere to the update guidelines for resolution.
An update that solves one vulnerability and has one errata is now available

Description

This update for expat fixes the following issues:

- Fixed a regression caused by the patch for CVE-2022-25236 (bsc#1196784).

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security advisory security update critical security fix openSUSE expat patch instructions

Patch

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods

like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Leap 15.3:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.3-2022-844=1

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 15.3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):

expat-2.2.5-3.19.1

expat-debuginfo-2.2.5-3.19.1

expat-debugsource-2.2.5-3.19.1

libexpat-devel-2.2.5-3.19.1

libexpat1-2.2.5-3.19.1

libexpat1-debuginfo-2.2.5-3.19.1

- openSUSE Leap 15.3 (x86_64):

expat-32bit-debuginfo-2.2.5-3.19.1

libexpat-devel-32bit-2.2.5-3.19.1

libexpat1-32bit-2.2.5-3.19.1

libexpat1-32bit-debuginfo-2.2.5-3.19.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-25236.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1196025

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1196784

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2022:0844-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 15.3 ble.

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security advisory security update critical security fix openSUSE expat patch instructions

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