Fedora 41: mingw-expat 2024-fa21fd6c77 Security Advisory Updates
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:
Update to 2.6.4. Backport fix for CVE-2024-50602.
Change Log
* Sat Nov 9 2024 Sandro Mani
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-fa21fd6c77' 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