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authorXi Ruoyao <xry111@mengyan1223.wang>2022-02-25 12:10:04 +0800
committerXi Ruoyao <xry111@mengyan1223.wang>2022-02-25 12:10:04 +0800
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mention that expat may delete vulnerable releases
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<para>Home page: <ulink url="&expat-home;"/></para>
<para>Download: <ulink url="&expat-url;"/></para>
<para>MD5 sum: <literal>&expat-md5;</literal></para>
+ <note>
+ <para>The upstream may remove tarballs of the specific releases of
+ <application>Expat</application> when these releases contain a
+ security vulnerability. You should refer to
+ <ulink url='&lfs-root;lfs/advisories/'>LFS security advisories</ulink>
+ to figure out which version (with the vulnerability fixed) should
+ be used. You may download the vulnerable version from a mirror,
+ but it's not recommended.</para>
+ </note>
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