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====================================================================                   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 
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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

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7. References:

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

8. Contact:

The Red Hat security contact is . More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/

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RedHat: RHSA-2020-3952:01 Moderate: expat security update

An update for expat is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Summary

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.



Summary


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.

References

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

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
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Severity
Advisory ID: RHSA-2020:3952-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:3952
Issued Date: : 2020-09-29
CVE Names: CVE-2018-20843 CVE-2019-15903

Topic

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.


Topic


 

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


Bugs Fixed

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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