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Debian Security Advisory

DLA-3165-1 expat -- LTS security update

Date Reported:

28 Oct 2022

Affected Packages:

expat

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 1022743.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2022-43680.

More information:

In src:expat, an XML parsing C library, there is a use-after free caused by overeager destruction of a shared DTD in XML_ExternalEntityParserCreate in out-of-memory situations.

For Debian 10 buster, this problem has been fixed in version 2.2.6-2+deb10u6.

We recommend that you upgrade your expat packages.

For the detailed security status of expat please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/expat

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS