- Issued:
- 2020-09-29
- Updated:
- 2020-09-29
RHSA-2020:3952 - Security Advisory
Synopsis
Moderate: expat security update
Type/Severity
Security Advisory: Moderate
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
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.
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.
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.
Affected Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 7 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 7 s390x
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 7 ppc64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 7 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 7 ppc64le
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 7 s390x
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support for IBM Power, big endian 7 ppc64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support for IBM Power, little endian 7 ppc64le
Fixes
- BZ - 1723723 - CVE-2018-20843 expat: large number of colons in input makes parser consume high amount of resources, leading to DoS
- BZ - 1752592 - CVE-2019-15903 expat: heap-based buffer over-read via crafted XML input
Note:
More recent versions of these packages may be available.
Click a package name for more details.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| expat-2.1.0-12.el7.src.rpm | SHA-256: d108c3053ad816981b658ec464e68c7694571b70aa71b3144ae01d625f104eb9 |
| x86_64 | |
| expat-2.1.0-12.el7.i686.rpm | SHA-256: f89d48072e94b7aea6184f79f18ceafa755fa664a5811015e435685d88f5f8e0 |
| expat-2.1.0-12.el7.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: fb9878feb857be5b29d802cab4982689c32df47f63a9a3b7f2fc33e2886ad323 |
| expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-12.el7.i686.rpm | SHA-256: acedcef85d43ae73a1e1e4b3d2ef4de981c22ac21e8368d1cb95540522cf37f2 |
| expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-12.el7.i686.rpm | SHA-256: acedcef85d43ae73a1e1e4b3d2ef4de981c22ac21e8368d1cb95540522cf37f2 |
| expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-12.el7.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 3746cc9dfa080b395c9ddc4331c4015484df79ed88f1ac3e2a1a04b0bba7c073 |
| expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-12.el7.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 3746cc9dfa080b395c9ddc4331c4015484df79ed88f1ac3e2a1a04b0bba7c073 |
| expat-devel-2.1.0-12.el7.i686.rpm | SHA-256: e1c4b6540b2261c84f8cdacdf79d5952c3aac0b797d4238c56fd9c11c96d66c2 |
| expat-devel-2.1.0-12.el7.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 104da68c1753c59e564abb699ac52aae4667ec45f447744a9d73f51dc30a5d24 |
| expat-static-2.1.0-12.el7.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 8231747f4ad14beb18dbfd6b7108d31f2fdae65c9251e97a6cf8cda36e5c8f33 |
| expat-static-2.1.0-12.el7.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 4cc603d6a5a7dfbea785e48d01b1c5208223fe5bd8d3ce3d14f8a2c32f816cda |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 7
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| expat-2.1.0-12.el7.src.rpm | SHA-256: d108c3053ad816981b658ec464e68c7694571b70aa71b3144ae01d625f104eb9 |
| x86_64 | |
| expat-2.1.0-12.el7.i686.rpm | SHA-256: f89d48072e94b7aea6184f79f18ceafa755fa664a5811015e435685d88f5f8e0 |
| expat-2.1.0-12.el7.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: fb9878feb857be5b29d802cab4982689c32df47f63a9a3b7f2fc33e2886ad323 |
| expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-12.el7.i686.rpm | SHA-256: acedcef85d43ae73a1e1e4b3d2ef4de981c22ac21e8368d1cb95540522cf37f2 |
| expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-12.el7.i686.rpm | SHA-256: acedcef85d43ae73a1e1e4b3d2ef4de981c22ac21e8368d1cb95540522cf37f2 |
| expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-12.el7.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 3746cc9dfa080b395c9ddc4331c4015484df79ed88f1ac3e2a1a04b0bba7c073 |
| expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-12.el7.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 3746cc9dfa080b395c9ddc4331c4015484df79ed88f1ac3e2a1a04b0bba7c073 |
| expat-devel-2.1.0-12.el7.i686.rpm | SHA-256: e1c4b6540b2261c84f8cdacdf79d5952c3aac0b797d4238c56fd9c11c96d66c2 |
| expat-devel-2.1.0-12.el7.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 104da68c1753c59e564abb699ac52aae4667ec45f447744a9d73f51dc30a5d24 |
| expat-static-2.1.0-12.el7.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 8231747f4ad14beb18dbfd6b7108d31f2fdae65c9251e97a6cf8cda36e5c8f33 |
| expat-static-2.1.0-12.el7.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 4cc603d6a5a7dfbea785e48d01b1c5208223fe5bd8d3ce3d14f8a2c32f816cda |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| expat-2.1.0-12.el7.src.rpm | SHA-256: d108c3053ad816981b658ec464e68c7694571b70aa71b3144ae01d625f104eb9 |
| x86_64 | |
| expat-2.1.0-12.el7.i686.rpm | SHA-256: f89d48072e94b7aea6184f79f18ceafa755fa664a5811015e435685d88f5f8e0 |
| expat-2.1.0-12.el7.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: fb9878feb857be5b29d802cab4982689c32df47f63a9a3b7f2fc33e2886ad323 |
| expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-12.el7.i686.rpm | SHA-256: acedcef85d43ae73a1e1e4b3d2ef4de981c22ac21e8368d1cb95540522cf37f2 |
| expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-12.el7.i686.rpm | SHA-256: acedcef85d43ae73a1e1e4b3d2ef4de981c22ac21e8368d1cb95540522cf37f2 |
| expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-12.el7.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 3746cc9dfa080b395c9ddc4331c4015484df79ed88f1ac3e2a1a04b0bba7c073 |
| expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-12.el7.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 3746cc9dfa080b395c9ddc4331c4015484df79ed88f1ac3e2a1a04b0bba7c073 |
| expat-devel-2.1.0-12.el7.i686.rpm | SHA-256: e1c4b6540b2261c84f8cdacdf79d5952c3aac0b797d4238c56fd9c11c96d66c2 |
| expat-devel-2.1.0-12.el7.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 104da68c1753c59e564abb699ac52aae4667ec45f447744a9d73f51dc30a5d24 |
| expat-static-2.1.0-12.el7.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 8231747f4ad14beb18dbfd6b7108d31f2fdae65c9251e97a6cf8cda36e5c8f33 |
| expat-static-2.1.0-12.el7.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 4cc603d6a5a7dfbea785e48d01b1c5208223fe5bd8d3ce3d14f8a2c32f816cda |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| expat-2.1.0-12.el7.src.rpm | SHA-256: d108c3053ad816981b658ec464e68c7694571b70aa71b3144ae01d625f104eb9 |
| x86_64 | |
| expat-2.1.0-12.el7.i686.rpm | SHA-256: f89d48072e94b7aea6184f79f18ceafa755fa664a5811015e435685d88f5f8e0 |
| expat-2.1.0-12.el7.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: fb9878feb857be5b29d802cab4982689c32df47f63a9a3b7f2fc33e2886ad323 |
| expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-12.el7.i686.rpm | SHA-256: acedcef85d43ae73a1e1e4b3d2ef4de981c22ac21e8368d1cb95540522cf37f2 |
| expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-12.el7.i686.rpm | SHA-256: acedcef85d43ae73a1e1e4b3d2ef4de981c22ac21e8368d1cb95540522cf37f2 |
| expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-12.el7.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 3746cc9dfa080b395c9ddc4331c4015484df79ed88f1ac3e2a1a04b0bba7c073 |
| expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-12.el7.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 3746cc9dfa080b395c9ddc4331c4015484df79ed88f1ac3e2a1a04b0bba7c073 |
| expat-devel-2.1.0-12.el7.i686.rpm | SHA-256: e1c4b6540b2261c84f8cdacdf79d5952c3aac0b797d4238c56fd9c11c96d66c2 |
| expat-devel-2.1.0-12.el7.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 104da68c1753c59e564abb699ac52aae4667ec45f447744a9d73f51dc30a5d24 |
| expat-static-2.1.0-12.el7.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 8231747f4ad14beb18dbfd6b7108d31f2fdae65c9251e97a6cf8cda36e5c8f33 |
| expat-static-2.1.0-12.el7.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 4cc603d6a5a7dfbea785e48d01b1c5208223fe5bd8d3ce3d14f8a2c32f816cda |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 7
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| expat-2.1.0-12.el7.src.rpm | SHA-256: d108c3053ad816981b658ec464e68c7694571b70aa71b3144ae01d625f104eb9 |
| s390x | |
| expat-2.1.0-12.el7.s390.rpm | SHA-256: 8ce8238c195f66293974aa293955e2f69fef06e66dc03232947bbf18adb913a4 |
| expat-2.1.0-12.el7.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: 6a64f12857c20a0125158d2bbc579c68b662392b30215ef1b97ff1b1f8aa5083 |
| expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-12.el7.s390.rpm | SHA-256: e6bd713fccce0bbc90d4265432403e95fb6e61408bdfbeeae59c81cd61275106 |
| expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-12.el7.s390.rpm | SHA-256: e6bd713fccce0bbc90d4265432403e95fb6e61408bdfbeeae59c81cd61275106 |
| expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-12.el7.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: c022778b84d7b2d0e27fc22ddae2c04f24cf99c6b61265d5c86edd949b28a700 |
| expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-12.el7.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: c022778b84d7b2d0e27fc22ddae2c04f24cf99c6b61265d5c86edd949b28a700 |
| expat-devel-2.1.0-12.el7.s390.rpm | SHA-256: 2d41e61930280d6dbfb0a17784673954078a23fa985ab11a9dcd3cecad44cda6 |
| expat-devel-2.1.0-12.el7.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: 5f46df931db230f2e554e6a7220470dfe4a92ad0fd139bf9418876e099419904 |
| expat-static-2.1.0-12.el7.s390.rpm | SHA-256: 15c5184a93014beaa1cfcff20417427a890922805eb17009a52dfa176300968e |
| expat-static-2.1.0-12.el7.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: b8c5372833aff93559b01227ea76361337a80c34ad249944d358286f03eb6e6e |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 7
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| expat-2.1.0-12.el7.src.rpm | SHA-256: d108c3053ad816981b658ec464e68c7694571b70aa71b3144ae01d625f104eb9 |
| ppc64 | |
| expat-2.1.0-12.el7.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: 7e22ac9527c13ffd6aa37baeb3e56729b67554f592642fa0a0109592f40cb81b |
| expat-2.1.0-12.el7.ppc64.rpm | SHA-256: b00a7a3ec9680103f97eee4dce9771b0f5f75cbab5a5bf55ae06fc145037e731 |
| expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-12.el7.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: ce1fbb178754236dc381fb2a714cf814a32cb24d62d03fcf88129a2ddfe69fd6 |
| expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-12.el7.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: ce1fbb178754236dc381fb2a714cf814a32cb24d62d03fcf88129a2ddfe69fd6 |
| expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-12.el7.ppc64.rpm | SHA-256: e7f323ab3802fe8e1ab02f594398e61ce67d4eb393909b81350a00f078548091 |
| expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-12.el7.ppc64.rpm | SHA-256: e7f323ab3802fe8e1ab02f594398e61ce67d4eb393909b81350a00f078548091 |
| expat-devel-2.1.0-12.el7.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: b2b3386e3bca3b8b23fe16837405021896180fe2518ad067a85c94734dcdb002 |
| expat-devel-2.1.0-12.el7.ppc64.rpm | SHA-256: 954ae5ad53e45ae404b88147c6383b8ba520f39b789f939d9f15b7806be2a96f |
| expat-static-2.1.0-12.el7.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: 6db006cabc95f64c4cf23f5394cc7b3d5989c68e0f60bbb8a068c8631be112c4 |
| expat-static-2.1.0-12.el7.ppc64.rpm | SHA-256: 2602bf939492f97073d9ac3e79676dbc193625b33d58ad291f03c2f75c48fc46 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 7
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| expat-2.1.0-12.el7.src.rpm | SHA-256: d108c3053ad816981b658ec464e68c7694571b70aa71b3144ae01d625f104eb9 |
| x86_64 | |
| expat-2.1.0-12.el7.i686.rpm | SHA-256: f89d48072e94b7aea6184f79f18ceafa755fa664a5811015e435685d88f5f8e0 |
| expat-2.1.0-12.el7.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: fb9878feb857be5b29d802cab4982689c32df47f63a9a3b7f2fc33e2886ad323 |
| expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-12.el7.i686.rpm | SHA-256: acedcef85d43ae73a1e1e4b3d2ef4de981c22ac21e8368d1cb95540522cf37f2 |
| expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-12.el7.i686.rpm | SHA-256: acedcef85d43ae73a1e1e4b3d2ef4de981c22ac21e8368d1cb95540522cf37f2 |
| expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-12.el7.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 3746cc9dfa080b395c9ddc4331c4015484df79ed88f1ac3e2a1a04b0bba7c073 |
| expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-12.el7.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 3746cc9dfa080b395c9ddc4331c4015484df79ed88f1ac3e2a1a04b0bba7c073 |
| expat-devel-2.1.0-12.el7.i686.rpm | SHA-256: e1c4b6540b2261c84f8cdacdf79d5952c3aac0b797d4238c56fd9c11c96d66c2 |
| expat-devel-2.1.0-12.el7.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 104da68c1753c59e564abb699ac52aae4667ec45f447744a9d73f51dc30a5d24 |
| expat-static-2.1.0-12.el7.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 8231747f4ad14beb18dbfd6b7108d31f2fdae65c9251e97a6cf8cda36e5c8f33 |
| expat-static-2.1.0-12.el7.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 4cc603d6a5a7dfbea785e48d01b1c5208223fe5bd8d3ce3d14f8a2c32f816cda |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 7
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| expat-2.1.0-12.el7.src.rpm | SHA-256: d108c3053ad816981b658ec464e68c7694571b70aa71b3144ae01d625f104eb9 |
| ppc64le | |
| expat-2.1.0-12.el7.ppc64le.rpm | SHA-256: 9adc88ccf5365f29d49260b0e08b8dde6068033591a4fcd4a454284371fe4dbd |
| expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-12.el7.ppc64le.rpm | SHA-256: 1df645b2bf19bc06f8b86882c975037e7565c04704b61f64b67960c1a9fc06f2 |
| expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-12.el7.ppc64le.rpm | SHA-256: 1df645b2bf19bc06f8b86882c975037e7565c04704b61f64b67960c1a9fc06f2 |
| expat-devel-2.1.0-12.el7.ppc64le.rpm | SHA-256: 26b678751a31853c123b629b04345aadc4d4877d0aeaad6eecf047e31a3f2f2d |
| expat-static-2.1.0-12.el7.ppc64le.rpm | SHA-256: beacfdc723bd7d21be145a4bb56092da0489e4f5ae34267ff80866f38aa4c65c |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 7
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| expat-2.1.0-12.el7.src.rpm | SHA-256: d108c3053ad816981b658ec464e68c7694571b70aa71b3144ae01d625f104eb9 |
| s390x | |
| expat-2.1.0-12.el7.s390.rpm | SHA-256: 8ce8238c195f66293974aa293955e2f69fef06e66dc03232947bbf18adb913a4 |
| expat-2.1.0-12.el7.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: 6a64f12857c20a0125158d2bbc579c68b662392b30215ef1b97ff1b1f8aa5083 |
| expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-12.el7.s390.rpm | SHA-256: e6bd713fccce0bbc90d4265432403e95fb6e61408bdfbeeae59c81cd61275106 |
| expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-12.el7.s390.rpm | SHA-256: e6bd713fccce0bbc90d4265432403e95fb6e61408bdfbeeae59c81cd61275106 |
| expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-12.el7.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: c022778b84d7b2d0e27fc22ddae2c04f24cf99c6b61265d5c86edd949b28a700 |
| expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-12.el7.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: c022778b84d7b2d0e27fc22ddae2c04f24cf99c6b61265d5c86edd949b28a700 |
| expat-devel-2.1.0-12.el7.s390.rpm | SHA-256: 2d41e61930280d6dbfb0a17784673954078a23fa985ab11a9dcd3cecad44cda6 |
| expat-devel-2.1.0-12.el7.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: 5f46df931db230f2e554e6a7220470dfe4a92ad0fd139bf9418876e099419904 |
| expat-static-2.1.0-12.el7.s390.rpm | SHA-256: 15c5184a93014beaa1cfcff20417427a890922805eb17009a52dfa176300968e |
| expat-static-2.1.0-12.el7.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: b8c5372833aff93559b01227ea76361337a80c34ad249944d358286f03eb6e6e |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support for IBM Power, big endian 7
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| expat-2.1.0-12.el7.src.rpm | SHA-256: d108c3053ad816981b658ec464e68c7694571b70aa71b3144ae01d625f104eb9 |
| ppc64 | |
| expat-2.1.0-12.el7.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: 7e22ac9527c13ffd6aa37baeb3e56729b67554f592642fa0a0109592f40cb81b |
| expat-2.1.0-12.el7.ppc64.rpm | SHA-256: b00a7a3ec9680103f97eee4dce9771b0f5f75cbab5a5bf55ae06fc145037e731 |
| expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-12.el7.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: ce1fbb178754236dc381fb2a714cf814a32cb24d62d03fcf88129a2ddfe69fd6 |
| expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-12.el7.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: ce1fbb178754236dc381fb2a714cf814a32cb24d62d03fcf88129a2ddfe69fd6 |
| expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-12.el7.ppc64.rpm | SHA-256: e7f323ab3802fe8e1ab02f594398e61ce67d4eb393909b81350a00f078548091 |
| expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-12.el7.ppc64.rpm | SHA-256: e7f323ab3802fe8e1ab02f594398e61ce67d4eb393909b81350a00f078548091 |
| expat-devel-2.1.0-12.el7.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: b2b3386e3bca3b8b23fe16837405021896180fe2518ad067a85c94734dcdb002 |
| expat-devel-2.1.0-12.el7.ppc64.rpm | SHA-256: 954ae5ad53e45ae404b88147c6383b8ba520f39b789f939d9f15b7806be2a96f |
| expat-static-2.1.0-12.el7.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: 6db006cabc95f64c4cf23f5394cc7b3d5989c68e0f60bbb8a068c8631be112c4 |
| expat-static-2.1.0-12.el7.ppc64.rpm | SHA-256: 2602bf939492f97073d9ac3e79676dbc193625b33d58ad291f03c2f75c48fc46 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support for IBM Power, little endian 7
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| expat-2.1.0-12.el7.src.rpm | SHA-256: d108c3053ad816981b658ec464e68c7694571b70aa71b3144ae01d625f104eb9 |
| ppc64le | |
| expat-2.1.0-12.el7.ppc64le.rpm | SHA-256: 9adc88ccf5365f29d49260b0e08b8dde6068033591a4fcd4a454284371fe4dbd |
| expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-12.el7.ppc64le.rpm | SHA-256: 1df645b2bf19bc06f8b86882c975037e7565c04704b61f64b67960c1a9fc06f2 |
| expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-12.el7.ppc64le.rpm | SHA-256: 1df645b2bf19bc06f8b86882c975037e7565c04704b61f64b67960c1a9fc06f2 |
| expat-devel-2.1.0-12.el7.ppc64le.rpm | SHA-256: 26b678751a31853c123b629b04345aadc4d4877d0aeaad6eecf047e31a3f2f2d |
| expat-static-2.1.0-12.el7.ppc64le.rpm | SHA-256: beacfdc723bd7d21be145a4bb56092da0489e4f5ae34267ff80866f38aa4c65c |
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