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Ubuntu 22.10: USN-5638-3 Critical: Expat Crash And Code Execution

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Calendar Grey November 23, 2022
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
The Ubuntu expat library has critical vulnerabilities that may cause system instability or allow unauthorized code execution. It is vital to apply updates quickly to protect your systems
Expat could be made to crash or execute arbitrary code.

Summary

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security advisory security update code execution arbitrary code execution ubuntu crash expat

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 22.10:   expat                           2.4.8-2ubuntu0.22.10.1   libexpat1                       2.4.8-2ubuntu0.22.10.1 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS:   expat                           2.4.7-1ubuntu0.2   libexpat1                       2.4.7-1ubuntu0.2 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:   expat                           2.2.9-1ubuntu0.6   libexpat1                       2.2.9-1ubuntu0.6 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:   expat                           2.2.5-3ubuntu0.9   libexpat1                       2.2.5-3ubuntu0.9 Ubuntu 16.04 ESM:   expat                           2.1.0-7ubuntu0.16.04.5+esm7   lib64expat1                     2.1.0-7ubuntu0.16.04.5+esm7   libexpat1                       2.1.0-7ubuntu0.16.04.5+esm7 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

 

  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5638-1

  CVE-2022-43680

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November 23, 2022

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security advisory security update code execution arbitrary code execution ubuntu crash expat

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/expat/2.4.8-2ubuntu0.22.10.1   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/expat/2.4.7-1ubuntu0.2   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/expat/2.2.9-1ubuntu0.6   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/expat/2.2.5-3ubuntu0.9

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