ALSA-2025:21974

Source
https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2025-21974.html
Import Source
https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux8/ALSA-2025:21974.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/ALSA-2025:21974
Related
Published
2025-11-24T00:00:00Z
Modified
2025-12-02T20:16:21.608539Z
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.

Security Fix(es):

  • expat: libexpat in Expat allows attackers to trigger large dynamic memory allocations via a small document that is submitted for parsing (CVE-2025-59375)

For 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.

References

Affected packages

AlmaLinux:8 / mingw32-expat

Package

Name
mingw32-expat
Purl
pkg:rpm/almalinux/mingw32-expat

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.5.0-1.el8_10

AlmaLinux:8 / mingw64-expat

Package

Name
mingw64-expat
Purl
pkg:rpm/almalinux/mingw64-expat

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.5.0-1.el8_10