ELA-1411-1 expat security update

crash due to stop/suspend an unstarted parser

2025-04-30
Packageexpat
Version2.2.0-2+deb9u10 (stretch), 2.2.6-2+deb10u9 (buster)
Related CVEs CVE-2024-50602


An issue has been found in expat, an XML parsing C library. The issue is related to a crash within XML_ResumeParser() because XML_StopParser() can stop/suspend an unstarted parser.



For Debian 10 buster, these problems have been fixed in version 2.2.6-2+deb10u9.

For Debian 9 stretch, these problems have been fixed in version 2.2.0-2+deb9u10.

We recommend that you upgrade your expat packages.

Further information about Extended LTS security advisories can be found in the dedicated section of our website.