-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 ==================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: Moderate: expat security update Advisory ID: RHSA-2020:3952-01 Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:3952 Issue date: 2020-09-29 CVE Names: CVE-2018-20843 CVE-2019-15903 ==================================================================== 1. Summary: An update for expat is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. 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. 2. Relevant releases/architectures: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) - x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) - x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) - x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) - x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) - ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) - x86_64 3. Description: Expat is a C library for parsing XML documents. Security Fix(es): * expat: large number of colons in input makes parser consume high amount of resources, leading to DoS (CVE-2018-20843) * expat: heap-based buffer over-read via crafted XML input (CVE-2019-15903) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section. Additional Changes: For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.9 Release Notes linked from the References section. 4. 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. 5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/): 1723723 - CVE-2018-20843 expat: large number of colons in input makes parser consume high amount of resources, leading to DoS 1752592 - CVE-2019-15903 expat: heap-based buffer over-read via crafted XML input 6. Package List: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7): Source: expat-2.1.0-12.el7.src.rpm x86_64: expat-2.1.0-12.el7.i686.rpm expat-2.1.0-12.el7.x86_64.rpm expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-12.el7.i686.rpm expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-12.el7.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7): x86_64: expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-12.el7.i686.rpm expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-12.el7.x86_64.rpm expat-devel-2.1.0-12.el7.i686.rpm expat-devel-2.1.0-12.el7.x86_64.rpm expat-static-2.1.0-12.el7.i686.rpm expat-static-2.1.0-12.el7.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7): Source: expat-2.1.0-12.el7.src.rpm x86_64: expat-2.1.0-12.el7.i686.rpm expat-2.1.0-12.el7.x86_64.rpm expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-12.el7.i686.rpm expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-12.el7.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7): x86_64: expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-12.el7.i686.rpm expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-12.el7.x86_64.rpm expat-devel-2.1.0-12.el7.i686.rpm expat-devel-2.1.0-12.el7.x86_64.rpm expat-static-2.1.0-12.el7.i686.rpm expat-static-2.1.0-12.el7.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7): Source: expat-2.1.0-12.el7.src.rpm ppc64: expat-2.1.0-12.el7.ppc.rpm expat-2.1.0-12.el7.ppc64.rpm expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-12.el7.ppc.rpm expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-12.el7.ppc64.rpm expat-devel-2.1.0-12.el7.ppc.rpm expat-devel-2.1.0-12.el7.ppc64.rpm ppc64le: expat-2.1.0-12.el7.ppc64le.rpm expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-12.el7.ppc64le.rpm expat-devel-2.1.0-12.el7.ppc64le.rpm s390x: expat-2.1.0-12.el7.s390.rpm expat-2.1.0-12.el7.s390x.rpm expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-12.el7.s390.rpm expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-12.el7.s390x.rpm expat-devel-2.1.0-12.el7.s390.rpm expat-devel-2.1.0-12.el7.s390x.rpm x86_64: expat-2.1.0-12.el7.i686.rpm expat-2.1.0-12.el7.x86_64.rpm expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-12.el7.i686.rpm expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-12.el7.x86_64.rpm expat-devel-2.1.0-12.el7.i686.rpm expat-devel-2.1.0-12.el7.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7): ppc64: expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-12.el7.ppc.rpm expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-12.el7.ppc64.rpm expat-static-2.1.0-12.el7.ppc.rpm expat-static-2.1.0-12.el7.ppc64.rpm ppc64le: expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-12.el7.ppc64le.rpm expat-static-2.1.0-12.el7.ppc64le.rpm s390x: expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-12.el7.s390.rpm expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-12.el7.s390x.rpm expat-static-2.1.0-12.el7.s390.rpm expat-static-2.1.0-12.el7.s390x.rpm x86_64: expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-12.el7.i686.rpm expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-12.el7.x86_64.rpm expat-static-2.1.0-12.el7.i686.rpm expat-static-2.1.0-12.el7.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7): Source: expat-2.1.0-12.el7.src.rpm x86_64: expat-2.1.0-12.el7.i686.rpm expat-2.1.0-12.el7.x86_64.rpm expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-12.el7.i686.rpm expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-12.el7.x86_64.rpm expat-devel-2.1.0-12.el7.i686.rpm expat-devel-2.1.0-12.el7.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7): x86_64: expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-12.el7.i686.rpm expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-12.el7.x86_64.rpm expat-static-2.1.0-12.el7.i686.rpm expat-static-2.1.0-12.el7.x86_64.rpm These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. 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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.
Expat is a C library for parsing XML documents.
Security Fix(es):
* expat: large number of colons in input makes parser consume high amount
of resources, leading to DoS (CVE-2018-20843)
* expat: heap-based buffer over-read via crafted XML input (CVE-2019-15903)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS
score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE
page(s) listed in the References section.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 7.9 Release Notes linked from the References section.
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-20843 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-15903 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/html/7.9_release_notes/index
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7):
Source:
expat-2.1.0-12.el7.src.rpm
x86_64:
expat-2.1.0-12.el7.i686.rpm
expat-2.1.0-12.el7.x86_64.rpm
expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-12.el7.i686.rpm
expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-12.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7):
x86_64:
expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-12.el7.i686.rpm
expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-12.el7.x86_64.rpm
expat-devel-2.1.0-12.el7.i686.rpm
expat-devel-2.1.0-12.el7.x86_64.rpm
expat-static-2.1.0-12.el7.i686.rpm
expat-static-2.1.0-12.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7):
Source:
expat-2.1.0-12.el7.src.rpm
x86_64:
expat-2.1.0-12.el7.i686.rpm
expat-2.1.0-12.el7.x86_64.rpm
expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-12.el7.i686.rpm
expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-12.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7):
x86_64:
expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-12.el7.i686.rpm
expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-12.el7.x86_64.rpm
expat-devel-2.1.0-12.el7.i686.rpm
expat-devel-2.1.0-12.el7.x86_64.rpm
expat-static-2.1.0-12.el7.i686.rpm
expat-static-2.1.0-12.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):
Source:
expat-2.1.0-12.el7.src.rpm
ppc64:
expat-2.1.0-12.el7.ppc.rpm
expat-2.1.0-12.el7.ppc64.rpm
expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-12.el7.ppc.rpm
expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-12.el7.ppc64.rpm
expat-devel-2.1.0-12.el7.ppc.rpm
expat-devel-2.1.0-12.el7.ppc64.rpm
ppc64le:
Read the Full Advisory
An update for expat is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fromthe CVE link(s) in the References section.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) - ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) - x86_64
1723723 - CVE-2018-20843 expat: large number of colons in input makes parser consume high amount of resources, leading to DoS
1752592 - CVE-2019-15903 expat: heap-based buffer over-read via crafted XML input
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