An expat security update has been released for openSUSE Leap 15.3.

openSUSE-SU-2022:0498-1: important: Security update for expat

openSUSE Security Update: Security update for expat
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2022:0498-1
Rating: important
References: #1195054 #1195217
Cross-References: CVE-2022-23852 CVE-2022-23990
CVSS scores:
CVE-2022-23852 (NVD) : 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVE-2022-23852 (SUSE): 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVE-2022-23990 (NVD) : 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVE-2022-23990 (SUSE): 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products:
openSUSE Leap 15.3
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An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available.

Description:

This update for expat fixes the following issues:

- CVE-2022-23852: Fixed signed integer overflow in XML_GetBuffer
(bsc#1195054).
- CVE-2022-23990: Fixed integer overflow in the doProlog function
(bsc#1195217).

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods
like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Leap 15.3:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.3-2022-498=1


Package List:

- openSUSE Leap 15.3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):

expat-2.2.5-3.12.1
expat-debuginfo-2.2.5-3.12.1
expat-debugsource-2.2.5-3.12.1
libexpat-devel-2.2.5-3.12.1
libexpat1-2.2.5-3.12.1
libexpat1-debuginfo-2.2.5-3.12.1

- openSUSE Leap 15.3 (x86_64):

expat-32bit-debuginfo-2.2.5-3.12.1
libexpat-devel-32bit-2.2.5-3.12.1
libexpat1-32bit-2.2.5-3.12.1
libexpat1-32bit-debuginfo-2.2.5-3.12.1

References:

  https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-23852.html
  https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-23990.html
  https://bugzilla.suse.com/1195054
  https://bugzilla.suse.com/1195217