RHSA-2024:2575MediumCVSS 7.5

Red Hat Security Advisory: expat security update

Published
April 30, 2024
Last Modified
October 15, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2023-52425 →

📋 Description

CVE-2023-52425 — expat: parsing large tokens can trigger a denial of service

🎯 Affected products22

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.8)
  • expat-0:2.2.5-11.el8_8.2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.8)
  • expat-0:2.2.5-11.el8_8.2.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.8)
  • expat-0:2.2.5-11.el8_8.2.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.8)
  • expat-0:2.2.5-11.el8_8.2.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.8)
  • expat-0:2.2.5-11.el8_8.2.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.8)
  • expat-0:2.2.5-11.el8_8.2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.8)
  • expat-debuginfo-0:2.2.5-11.el8_8.2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.8)
  • expat-debuginfo-0:2.2.5-11.el8_8.2.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.8)
  • expat-debuginfo-0:2.2.5-11.el8_8.2.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.8)
  • expat-debuginfo-0:2.2.5-11.el8_8.2.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.8)
  • expat-debuginfo-0:2.2.5-11.el8_8.2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.8)
  • expat-debugsource-0:2.2.5-11.el8_8.2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.8)
  • expat-debugsource-0:2.2.5-11.el8_8.2.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.8)
  • expat-debugsource-0:2.2.5-11.el8_8.2.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.8)
  • expat-debugsource-0:2.2.5-11.el8_8.2.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.8)
  • expat-debugsource-0:2.2.5-11.el8_8.2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.8)
  • expat-devel-0:2.2.5-11.el8_8.2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.8)
  • expat-devel-0:2.2.5-11.el8_8.2.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.8)
  • expat-devel-0:2.2.5-11.el8_8.2.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.8)
  • expat-devel-0:2.2.5-11.el8_8.2.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.8)
  • expat-devel-0:2.2.5-11.el8_8.2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.8)

✅ Remediation

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 Workaround: Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options don't meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.

🔗 References (4)