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expat: Fix of 3 CVEs

Type: advisorySources: OSV

- Rebase to version 2.5.0 - CVE-2024-28757: prevent billion laughs attacks in isolated external parser (part of #839), reject direct parameter entity recursion (part of #839) - CVE-2025-59375: fix memory amplification and add allocation tracker - CVE-2013-0340: properly handle entities expansion

Products
expat, expat-devel, expat-static
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
2.5.0-1.el8.tuxcare.els1
CVEs
CVE-2013-0340, CVE-2024-28757, CVE-2025-59375
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 14:08 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

expat: Fix of 3 CVEs

core-osv · Original source

Published 7 Jan 2026, 15:28 UTC

- Rebase to version 2.5.0 - CVE-2024-28757: prevent billion laughs attacks in isolated external parser (part of #839), reject direct parameter entity recursion (part of #839) - CVE-2025-59375: fix memory amplification and add allocation tracker - CVE-2013-0340: properly handle entities expansion

osv:CLSA-2026-1767799681

expat

Fixed versions: 2.5.0-1.el8.tuxcare.els1

expat-devel

Fixed versions: 2.5.0-1.el8.tuxcare.els1

expat-static

Fixed versions: 2.5.0-1.el8.tuxcare.els1

Complete source record
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    "summary": "- Rebase to version 2.5.0 - CVE-2024-28757: prevent billion laughs attacks in isolated external parser (part of #839), reject direct parameter entity recursion (part of #839) - CVE-2025-59375: fix memory amplification and add allocation tracker - CVE-2013-0340: properly handle entities expansion",
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