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Alma Linux: CVE-2022-43680: Moderate: expat security update (ALSA-2023-0337)

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Alma Linux: CVE-2022-43680: Moderate: expat security update (ALSA-2023-0337)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
10/24/2022
Created
01/18/2023
Added
01/17/2023
Modified
05/02/2024

Description

In libexpat through 2.4.9, there is a use-after free caused by overeager destruction of a shared DTD in XML_ExternalEntityParserCreate in out-of-memory situations.

Solution(s)

  • alma-upgrade-expat
  • alma-upgrade-expat-devel

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