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Rocky Linux: RLSA-2023:3068 mingw-expat security update Security Advisories Updates

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Calendar Grey December 27, 2025
Scroller Rockylinux
Rocky Linux issues important mingw-expat security update addressing a use-after-free vulnerability with CVSS score 8.1.
Important: mingw-expat security update

Summary

An update is available for mingw-expat. This update affects Rocky Linux 8. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE list


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RPMs

mingw-expat-0:2.4.8-2.el8.src.rpm

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CVES

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-40674

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Name: RLSA-2023:3068
Affected Products: Rocky Linux 8

Fixes

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2130769


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