MGASA-2022-0183 - Updated xmlrpc-c packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 15 May 2022
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2022-0183.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 8
CVE: CVE-2022-25235

xmltok_impl.c in Expat (aka libexpat) before 2.4.5 lacks certain validation
of encoding, such as checks for whether a UTF-8 character is valid in a
certain context. (CVE-2022-25235)

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30351
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1643
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-25235

SRPMS:
- 8/core/xmlrpc-c-1.51.06-1.1.mga8

Mageia 2022-0183: xmlrpc-c security update

xmltok_impl.c in Expat (aka libexpat) before 2.4.5 lacks certain validation of encoding, such as checks for whether a UTF-8 character is valid in a certain context

Summary

xmltok_impl.c in Expat (aka libexpat) before 2.4.5 lacks certain validation of encoding, such as checks for whether a UTF-8 character is valid in a certain context. (CVE-2022-25235)

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30351

- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1643

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-25235

Resolution

MGASA-2022-0183 - Updated xmlrpc-c packages fix security vulnerability

SRPMS

- 8/core/xmlrpc-c-1.51.06-1.1.mga8

Severity
Publication date: 15 May 2022
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2022-0183.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2022-25235

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