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Fedora 29: FEDORA-2019-672ae0f060 critical: Expat Heap Overflow Fix

This update of `expat` fixes the following security issue: * **CVE-2019-15903** -- Fix heap overflow triggered by `XML_GetCurrentLineNumber` (or `XML_GetCurrentColumnNumber`), and deny internal entities closing the doctype The following bug fixes are also included: * Fix cases where `XML_StopParser` did not have any effect when called from inside of an end element handler *. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2019-672ae0f060 2019-10-02 01:40:18.127652 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Name : expat Product : Fedora 29 Version : 2.2.8 Release : 1.fc29 URL : https://libexpat.github.io/ Summary : An XML parser library Description : This is expat, the C library for parsing XML, written by James Clark. Expat is a stream oriented XML parser. This means that you register handlers with the parser prior to starting the parse. These handlers are called when the parser discovers the associated structures in the document being parsed. A start tag is an example of the kind of structures for which you may register handlers. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Update Information: This update of `expat` fixes the following security issue: * **CVE-2019-15903** -- Fix heap overflow triggered by `XML_GetCurrentLineNumber` (or `XML_GetCurrentColumnNumber`), and deny internal entities closing the doctype The following bug fixes are also included: * Fix cases where `XML_StopParser` did not have any effect when called from inside of an end element handler * xmlwf: Fix exit code for operation without "`-d DIRECTORY`" previously, only "`-d DIRECTORY`" would give you a proper exit code --------------------------------------------------------------------------------ChangeLog: * Mon Sep 16 2019 Joe Orton - 2.2.8-1 - update to 2.2.8 (#1752167) * Thu Jul 25 2019 Fedora Release Engineering - 2.2.7-2 -Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_31_Mass_Rebuild * Thu Jun 27 2019 Joe Orton - 2.2.7-1 - update to 2.2.7 (#1723724, #1722224) * Thu Jan 31 2019 Fedora Release Engineering - 2.2.6-2 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_30_Mass_Rebuild --------------------------------------------------------------------------------References: [ 1 ] Bug #1752592 - CVE-2019-15903 expat: heap-based buffer over-read via crafted XML input https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1752592 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2019-672ae0f060' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at https://fedoraproject.org/security/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------_______________________________________________ package-announce mailing list -- This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. To unsubscribe send an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it./ . The Ubuntu release contains significant buffer overflow fixes in libxml2, enhancing protection against corrupted XML data.. Fedora Update, Expat Security, Heap Overflow Fix, XML Parsing Security, Software Patch. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Oct 01, 2019 •Critical Fedora