RHSA-2020:2508 — Security Advisory
Red Hat Security Advisory: expat security update
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Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
Products
Official CSAF product identity
Published · June 12, 2020
Updated · June 27, 2026
Topic
An update for expat is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 Extended Update Support.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Description
Expat is a C library for parsing XML documents.
Security Fix(es):
- expat: Integer overflow leading to buffer overflow in XML_GetBuffer() (CVE-2015-2716)
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.