Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2010:0672 - Bug Fix Advisory
Issued:
2010-09-03
Updated:
2010-09-03

RHBA-2010:0672 - Bug Fix Advisory

Synopsis

expat bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

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Topic

Updated expat packages that fix a bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 5.

Description

expat is a C library for parsing XML documents.

These updated expat packages fix the following bug:

  • due to a regression introduced by the fix for CVE-2009-3560 the parser could

fail when parsing a document with an external DTD (Document Type Definition).
This issue is now resolved and such documents will parse correctly. (BZ#618744)

All expat users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which resolve
this issue.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to
use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386

Fixes

  • BZ - 618744 - Regression in fix for CVE-2009-3560 [rhel-5]

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5

SRPM
expat-1.95.8-8.3.el5_5.3.src.rpm SHA-256: bf3a0992d108b76178fc50589e9e175e78d91260468a0f1742ff18a595e070f7
x86_64
expat-1.95.8-8.3.el5_5.3.i386.rpm SHA-256: 47e82056b37f202aa7d9d7b08d260dfb61fbea000b7672bd384d30cf89b0e05a
expat-1.95.8-8.3.el5_5.3.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 657901ee9a3d45d9cb8be5ef6679adcdef20f1b1506fd80f4228d700291d6cf4
expat-devel-1.95.8-8.3.el5_5.3.i386.rpm SHA-256: 664f63c9e9b8b69c420ca706e9d00ba9e95049553cb50aa01e2630c67ba142c6
expat-devel-1.95.8-8.3.el5_5.3.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: a3580e7a595281a4134a6490bc53c0b114af3002d2e402a00b3cc48a650c1f4d
ia64
expat-1.95.8-8.3.el5_5.3.i386.rpm SHA-256: 47e82056b37f202aa7d9d7b08d260dfb61fbea000b7672bd384d30cf89b0e05a
expat-1.95.8-8.3.el5_5.3.ia64.rpm SHA-256: b8e0151dfac7319d72a3f5e2621b2d068c6c7853b8418b806332852e5f58b19f
expat-devel-1.95.8-8.3.el5_5.3.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 3f9673722152e42813c9b0cbca43b6b1d4b3fe97665314d3df8516ffff5dde81
i386
expat-1.95.8-8.3.el5_5.3.i386.rpm SHA-256: 47e82056b37f202aa7d9d7b08d260dfb61fbea000b7672bd384d30cf89b0e05a
expat-devel-1.95.8-8.3.el5_5.3.i386.rpm SHA-256: 664f63c9e9b8b69c420ca706e9d00ba9e95049553cb50aa01e2630c67ba142c6

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5

SRPM
expat-1.95.8-8.3.el5_5.3.src.rpm SHA-256: bf3a0992d108b76178fc50589e9e175e78d91260468a0f1742ff18a595e070f7
x86_64
expat-1.95.8-8.3.el5_5.3.i386.rpm SHA-256: 47e82056b37f202aa7d9d7b08d260dfb61fbea000b7672bd384d30cf89b0e05a
expat-1.95.8-8.3.el5_5.3.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 657901ee9a3d45d9cb8be5ef6679adcdef20f1b1506fd80f4228d700291d6cf4
expat-devel-1.95.8-8.3.el5_5.3.i386.rpm SHA-256: 664f63c9e9b8b69c420ca706e9d00ba9e95049553cb50aa01e2630c67ba142c6
expat-devel-1.95.8-8.3.el5_5.3.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: a3580e7a595281a4134a6490bc53c0b114af3002d2e402a00b3cc48a650c1f4d
i386
expat-1.95.8-8.3.el5_5.3.i386.rpm SHA-256: 47e82056b37f202aa7d9d7b08d260dfb61fbea000b7672bd384d30cf89b0e05a
expat-devel-1.95.8-8.3.el5_5.3.i386.rpm SHA-256: 664f63c9e9b8b69c420ca706e9d00ba9e95049553cb50aa01e2630c67ba142c6

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5

SRPM
expat-1.95.8-8.3.el5_5.3.src.rpm SHA-256: bf3a0992d108b76178fc50589e9e175e78d91260468a0f1742ff18a595e070f7
x86_64
expat-1.95.8-8.3.el5_5.3.i386.rpm SHA-256: 47e82056b37f202aa7d9d7b08d260dfb61fbea000b7672bd384d30cf89b0e05a
expat-1.95.8-8.3.el5_5.3.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 657901ee9a3d45d9cb8be5ef6679adcdef20f1b1506fd80f4228d700291d6cf4
i386
expat-1.95.8-8.3.el5_5.3.i386.rpm SHA-256: 47e82056b37f202aa7d9d7b08d260dfb61fbea000b7672bd384d30cf89b0e05a

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5

SRPM
expat-1.95.8-8.3.el5_5.3.src.rpm SHA-256: bf3a0992d108b76178fc50589e9e175e78d91260468a0f1742ff18a595e070f7
s390x
expat-1.95.8-8.3.el5_5.3.s390.rpm SHA-256: e909ddb7084d200facb64f89c07bbfb2097ac7591a5ee96c3a88cd049bcbb90f
expat-1.95.8-8.3.el5_5.3.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 4f8f16df6ab8844c013843d9654c7af9d4fddda4354ad4e44a925a961a2c3187
expat-devel-1.95.8-8.3.el5_5.3.s390.rpm SHA-256: 964afd04888b597df4041c51cd2e4c6c479003e9fbeee360821fa5d9d353e3f3
expat-devel-1.95.8-8.3.el5_5.3.s390x.rpm SHA-256: bd5d4eaa5bcdedadc51852eb39eda8129e3c74dbdf8bac1712015f98d61ad35b

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5

SRPM
expat-1.95.8-8.3.el5_5.3.src.rpm SHA-256: bf3a0992d108b76178fc50589e9e175e78d91260468a0f1742ff18a595e070f7
ppc
expat-1.95.8-8.3.el5_5.3.ppc.rpm SHA-256: a0e269af7833f3c7edc2ee69a58e046b6dd1b780371e6c4f663231c66780dd83
expat-1.95.8-8.3.el5_5.3.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: e9f0cf80dfc5ef264930edfe7a98f1eb8db54d45dad865987f24c27e045047fb
expat-devel-1.95.8-8.3.el5_5.3.ppc.rpm SHA-256: 973adb77f6831185a95b4506656b301bb09071c306bb1f531808114426423db4
expat-devel-1.95.8-8.3.el5_5.3.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: fff029327f30833207e23b52c1a5e608c98b6af2768a551ad797784e6b99b83a

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5

SRPM
expat-1.95.8-8.3.el5_5.3.src.rpm SHA-256: bf3a0992d108b76178fc50589e9e175e78d91260468a0f1742ff18a595e070f7
x86_64
expat-1.95.8-8.3.el5_5.3.i386.rpm SHA-256: 47e82056b37f202aa7d9d7b08d260dfb61fbea000b7672bd384d30cf89b0e05a
expat-1.95.8-8.3.el5_5.3.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 657901ee9a3d45d9cb8be5ef6679adcdef20f1b1506fd80f4228d700291d6cf4
expat-devel-1.95.8-8.3.el5_5.3.i386.rpm SHA-256: 664f63c9e9b8b69c420ca706e9d00ba9e95049553cb50aa01e2630c67ba142c6
expat-devel-1.95.8-8.3.el5_5.3.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: a3580e7a595281a4134a6490bc53c0b114af3002d2e402a00b3cc48a650c1f4d
i386
expat-1.95.8-8.3.el5_5.3.i386.rpm SHA-256: 47e82056b37f202aa7d9d7b08d260dfb61fbea000b7672bd384d30cf89b0e05a
expat-devel-1.95.8-8.3.el5_5.3.i386.rpm SHA-256: 664f63c9e9b8b69c420ca706e9d00ba9e95049553cb50aa01e2630c67ba142c6

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