{"id":"ALSA-2023:3068","summary":"Important: mingw-expat security update","details":"Expat is a C library for parsing XML documents. The mingw-expat packages provide a port of the Expat library for MinGW. \n\nSecurity Fix(es):\n\n* expat: a use-after-free in the doContent function in xmlparse.c (CVE-2022-40674)\n\nFor 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.\n\nAdditional Changes:\n\nFor detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.","modified":"2026-02-04T02:51:00.122141Z","published":"2023-05-16T00:00:00Z","related":["CVE-2022-40674"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:3068"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-40674"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2130769"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2023-3068.html"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"mingw32-expat","ecosystem":"AlmaLinux:8","purl":"pkg:rpm/almalinux/mingw32-expat"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.4.8-2.el8"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux8/ALSA-2023:3068.json"}},{"package":{"name":"mingw64-expat","ecosystem":"AlmaLinux:8","purl":"pkg:rpm/almalinux/mingw64-expat"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.4.8-2.el8"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux8/ALSA-2023:3068.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}