Linux · Security advisory · September 24, 2024

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.

Urgent
CVEs closed
3
1 rated Critical
Exploited
0
None reported
Exploitation more likely
0
Vendor assessment
Highest EPSS
0.0169
77th percentile

Priority of the 3 CVEs

Patch now 0 Urgent 1 High 2 Routine 0

Fixed package versions

ProductReleaseFixed in
expatol 80:2.2.5-15.0.1.el8_10
expat-develol 80:2.2.5-15.0.1.el8_10

CVEs this fix closes

PriorityCVETitleImpactCVSSEPSSExploitation
Urgent CVE-2024-45490 libexpat: A remote attacker may cause an unexpected app termination or arbitrary code execution 9.8 0.0169 None reported
High CVE-2024-45492 expat: Expat is a C library for parsing XML documents. Security Fix(es): * libexpat: Negative Length Parsing Vulnerability... 9.8 0.0139 None reported
High CVE-2024-45491 expat: An issue was discovered in libexpat before 2.6.3 9.8 0.0113 None reported
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