Oval Definition:oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20203952
Revision Date:2020-09-29Version:637
Title:RHSA-2020:3952: expat security update (Moderate)
Description:Expat is a C library for parsing XML documents.

Security Fix(es):

  • expat: large number of colons in input makes parser consume high amount of resources, leading to DoS (CVE-2018-20843)

  • expat: heap-based buffer over-read via crafted XML input (CVE-2019-15903)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

    Additional Changes:

    For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.9 Release Notes linked from the References section.
  • Family:unixClass:patch
    Status:Reference(s):CVE-2018-20843
    CVE-2019-15903
    RHSA-2020:3952
    Platform(s):Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
    Product(s):
    Definition Synopsis
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux must be installed
  • OR Package Information
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 is installed
  • AND
  • expat is earlier than 0:2.1.0-12.el7
  • AND expat is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • expat-devel is earlier than 0:2.1.0-12.el7
  • AND expat-devel is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • expat-static is earlier than 0:2.1.0-12.el7
  • AND expat-static is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • BACK