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USN-7000-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Expat. This update
provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.

Original advisory details:

Shang-Hung Wan discovered that Expat did not properly handle certain
function calls when a negative input length was provided. An attacker
could use this issue to cause a denial of service or possibly execute
arbitrary code. (CVE-2024-45490)

Shang-Hung Wan discovered that Expat did not properly handle the
potential for an integer overflow on 32-bit platforms. An attacker
could use this issue to cause a denial of service or possibly execute
arbitrary code. (CVE-2024-45491, CVE-2024-45492)

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