Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2022-6878

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2022-6878.html

The following updated rpms for Oracle Linux 8 have been uploaded to the Unbreakable Linux Network:

x86_64:
expat-2.2.5-8.0.1.el8_6.3.i686.rpm
expat-2.2.5-8.0.1.el8_6.3.x86_64.rpm
expat-devel-2.2.5-8.0.1.el8_6.3.i686.rpm
expat-devel-2.2.5-8.0.1.el8_6.3.x86_64.rpm

aarch64:
expat-2.2.5-8.0.1.el8_6.3.aarch64.rpm
expat-devel-2.2.5-8.0.1.el8_6.3.aarch64.rpm


SRPMS:
https://oss.oracle.com:443/ol8/SRPMS-updates/expat-2.2.5-8.0.1.el8_6.3.src.rpm

Related CVEs:

CVE-2022-40674




Description of changes:

[2.2.5-8.0.1.3]
- lib: Prevent integer overflow in doProlog [CVE-2022-23990][Orabug: 33910314]

[2.2.5-8.3]
- Ensure raw tagnames are safe exiting internalEntityParser
- Resolves: CVE-2022-40674

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Oracle8: ELSA-2022-6878: expat security Important Security Update

The following updated rpms for Oracle Linux 8 have been uploaded to the Unbreakable Linux Network:

Summary

[2.2.5-8.0.1.3] - lib: Prevent integer overflow in doProlog [CVE-2022-23990][Orabug: 33910314] [2.2.5-8.3] - Ensure raw tagnames are safe exiting internalEntityParser - Resolves: CVE-2022-40674

SRPMs

https://oss.oracle.com:443/ol8/SRPMS-updates/expat-2.2.5-8.0.1.el8_6.3.src.rpm

x86_64

expat-2.2.5-8.0.1.el8_6.3.i686.rpm expat-2.2.5-8.0.1.el8_6.3.x86_64.rpm expat-devel-2.2.5-8.0.1.el8_6.3.i686.rpm expat-devel-2.2.5-8.0.1.el8_6.3.x86_64.rpm

aarch64

expat-2.2.5-8.0.1.el8_6.3.aarch64.rpm expat-devel-2.2.5-8.0.1.el8_6.3.aarch64.rpm

i386

Severity
Related CVEs: CVE-2022-40674

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