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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2024-7427eaacd8
2024-11-14 02:57:56.686906
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Name        : mingw-expat
Product     : Fedora 39
Version     : 2.6.3
Release     : 2.fc39
URL         : http://www.libexpat.org/
Summary     : MinGW Windows port of expat 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.

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Update Information:

Backport fix for CVE-2024-50602.
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ChangeLog:

* Tue Nov  5 2024 Sandro Mani  - 2.6.3-2
- Backport patch for CVE-2024-50602
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #2322195 - CVE-2024-50602 mingw-expat: DoS via XML_ResumeParser [fedora-40]
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2322195
  [ 2 ] Bug #2322230 - CVE-2024-50602 mingw-expat: DoS via XML_ResumeParser [fedora-39]
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2322230
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Fedora 39: mingw-expat 2024-7427eaacd8 Security Advisory Updates

November 14, 2024
Backport fix for CVE-2024-50602.

Summary

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:

Backport fix for CVE-2024-50602.

Change Log

* Tue Nov 5 2024 Sandro Mani - 2.6.3-2 - Backport patch for CVE-2024-50602

References

[ 1 ] Bug #2322195 - CVE-2024-50602 mingw-expat: DoS via XML_ResumeParser [fedora-40] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2322195 [ 2 ] Bug #2322230 - CVE-2024-50602 mingw-expat: DoS via XML_ResumeParser [fedora-39] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2322230

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2024-7427eaacd8' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgrade-command-label

Severity
Name : mingw-expat
Product : Fedora 39
Version : 2.6.3
Release : 2.fc39
URL : http://www.libexpat.org/
Summary : MinGW Windows port of expat XML parser library

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