Summary
Package updates are available for Amazon Linux 2 that fix the following vulnerabilities: CVE-2022-23852: expat (libexpat) is susceptible to a software flaw that causes process interruption. When processing a large number of prefixed XML attributes on a single tag can libexpat can terminate unexpectedly due to integer overflow. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to availability, confidentiality and integrity.
Fixed packages 4
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux · 2 | expat | 0:2.1.0-12.amzn2.0.1 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | expat-debuginfo | 0:2.1.0-12.amzn2.0.1 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | expat-devel | 0:2.1.0-12.amzn2.0.1 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | expat-static | 0:2.1.0-12.amzn2.0.1 |
Vulnerabilities 1
-
Critical 9.8CVE-2022-23852 Public exploit
Expat (aka libexpat) before 2.4.4 has a signed integer overflow in XML_GetBuffer, for configurations with a nonzero XML…
References
-
web
https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2022-23852.html