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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2020.3389
expat security update
30 September 2020
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: expat
Publisher: Red Hat
Operating System: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS/Desktop 7
Impact/Access: Denial of Service -- Remote/Unauthenticated
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2019-15903 CVE-2018-20843
Reference: ASB-2020.0072
ASB-2019.0309
ESB-2020.2162
ESB-2020.1387
ESB-2020.0737
Original Bulletin:
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:3952
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Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Moderate: expat security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2020:3952-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:3952
Issue date: 2020-09-29
CVE Names: CVE-2018-20843 CVE-2019-15903
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1. Summary:
An update for expat is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact
of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which
gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from
the CVE link(s) in the References section.
2. Relevant releases/architectures:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) - ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) - x86_64
3. 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.
4. Solution:
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes
described in this advisory, refer to:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
After installing the updated packages, applications using the Expat library
must be restarted for the update to take effect.
5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):
1723723 - CVE-2018-20843 expat: large number of colons in input makes parser consume high amount of resources, leading to DoS
1752592 - CVE-2019-15903 expat: heap-based buffer over-read via crafted XML input
6. Package List:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7):
Source:
expat-2.1.0-12.el7.src.rpm
x86_64:
expat-2.1.0-12.el7.i686.rpm
expat-2.1.0-12.el7.x86_64.rpm
expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-12.el7.i686.rpm
expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-12.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7):
x86_64:
expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-12.el7.i686.rpm
expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-12.el7.x86_64.rpm
expat-devel-2.1.0-12.el7.i686.rpm
expat-devel-2.1.0-12.el7.x86_64.rpm
expat-static-2.1.0-12.el7.i686.rpm
expat-static-2.1.0-12.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7):
Source:
expat-2.1.0-12.el7.src.rpm
x86_64:
expat-2.1.0-12.el7.i686.rpm
expat-2.1.0-12.el7.x86_64.rpm
expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-12.el7.i686.rpm
expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-12.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7):
x86_64:
expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-12.el7.i686.rpm
expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-12.el7.x86_64.rpm
expat-devel-2.1.0-12.el7.i686.rpm
expat-devel-2.1.0-12.el7.x86_64.rpm
expat-static-2.1.0-12.el7.i686.rpm
expat-static-2.1.0-12.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):
Source:
expat-2.1.0-12.el7.src.rpm
ppc64:
expat-2.1.0-12.el7.ppc.rpm
expat-2.1.0-12.el7.ppc64.rpm
expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-12.el7.ppc.rpm
expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-12.el7.ppc64.rpm
expat-devel-2.1.0-12.el7.ppc.rpm
expat-devel-2.1.0-12.el7.ppc64.rpm
ppc64le:
expat-2.1.0-12.el7.ppc64le.rpm
expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-12.el7.ppc64le.rpm
expat-devel-2.1.0-12.el7.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:
expat-2.1.0-12.el7.s390.rpm
expat-2.1.0-12.el7.s390x.rpm
expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-12.el7.s390.rpm
expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-12.el7.s390x.rpm
expat-devel-2.1.0-12.el7.s390.rpm
expat-devel-2.1.0-12.el7.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
expat-2.1.0-12.el7.i686.rpm
expat-2.1.0-12.el7.x86_64.rpm
expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-12.el7.i686.rpm
expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-12.el7.x86_64.rpm
expat-devel-2.1.0-12.el7.i686.rpm
expat-devel-2.1.0-12.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7):
ppc64:
expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-12.el7.ppc.rpm
expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-12.el7.ppc64.rpm
expat-static-2.1.0-12.el7.ppc.rpm
expat-static-2.1.0-12.el7.ppc64.rpm
ppc64le:
expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-12.el7.ppc64le.rpm
expat-static-2.1.0-12.el7.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:
expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-12.el7.s390.rpm
expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-12.el7.s390x.rpm
expat-static-2.1.0-12.el7.s390.rpm
expat-static-2.1.0-12.el7.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-12.el7.i686.rpm
expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-12.el7.x86_64.rpm
expat-static-2.1.0-12.el7.i686.rpm
expat-static-2.1.0-12.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7):
Source:
expat-2.1.0-12.el7.src.rpm
x86_64:
expat-2.1.0-12.el7.i686.rpm
expat-2.1.0-12.el7.x86_64.rpm
expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-12.el7.i686.rpm
expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-12.el7.x86_64.rpm
expat-devel-2.1.0-12.el7.i686.rpm
expat-devel-2.1.0-12.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7):
x86_64:
expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-12.el7.i686.rpm
expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-12.el7.x86_64.rpm
expat-static-2.1.0-12.el7.i686.rpm
expat-static-2.1.0-12.el7.x86_64.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/
7. References:
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-20843
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-15903
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/html/7.9_release_notes/index
8. Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>. More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
Copyright 2020 Red Hat, Inc.
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