# ELSA-2024-6989: Security update for 2 packages

ELSA-2024-6989, released September 24, 2024, fixes 3 CVEs across 2 products. None of them is reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Urgent.

- Web page: https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/elsa-2024-6989
- Platform: Linux
- Released: Sep 24, 2024
- Priority: Urgent (Closes CVE-2024-45490, rated Critical)
- CVEs: 3, exploited: 0, on CISA KEV: 0
- Vendor advisory: https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2024-6989.html

## Applies to

| Product | Release | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| [expat](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/expat.md) | ol 8 | 0:2.2.5-15.0.1.el8_10 |
| [expat-devel](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/expat-devel.md) | ol 8 | 0:2.2.5-15.0.1.el8_10 |

## CVEs this fix closes

| CVE | Priority | Title | CVSS | EPSS | Exploitation |
|---|---|---|---:|---:|---|
| [CVE-2024-45490](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2024-45490.md) | Urgent | libexpat: A remote attacker may cause an unexpected app termination or arbitrary code execution | 9.8 | 0.0169 |  |
| [CVE-2024-45492](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2024-45492.md) | High | expat: Expat is a C library for parsing XML documents.  Security Fix(es):  * libexpat: Negative Length Parsing Vulnerability... | 9.8 | 0.0139 |  |
| [CVE-2024-45491](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2024-45491.md) | High | expat: An issue was discovered in libexpat before 2.6.3 | 9.8 | 0.0113 |  |

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Data as of 2026-11-07T06:34:28Z UTC. Source: Patchblox Patch Radar (https://patchblox.com/security/patch-radar). Patchblox finds out-of-date software on Windows, macOS and Linux and updates it through release rings: https://patchblox.com/demo