Mageia alert MGASA-2026-0204 (expat)

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[updates-announce] MGASA-2026-0204: Updated expat packages fix security vulnerabilities
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Sat, 13 Jun 2026 01:29:07 +0200
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MGASA-2026-0204 - Updated expat packages fix security vulnerabilities

Publication date: 12 Jun 2026
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2026-0204.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 9
CVE: CVE-2026-45186

Description:
CVE-2026-45186 the computational complexity of attribute name collision
checks allows a denial of service via moderately sized crafted XML
input.

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35522
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/11/16
- https://blog.hartwork.org/posts/expat-2-8-1-released/
- https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/blob/R_2_8_1/expat/C...
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-45186

SRPMS:
- 9/core/expat-2.7.5-1.1.mga9