Summary
Package updates are available for Amazon Linux 2 that fix the following vulnerabilities: CVE-2026-32778: A flaw was found in libexpat. This vulnerability allows an attacker to trigger a NULL pointer dereference in the `setContext` function. This occurs when the system attempts to retry an operation after an out-of-memory condition, which can lead to a Denial of Service (DoS) for the affected application. CVE-2026-32777: A flaw was found in libexpat. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by providing specially crafted Document Type Definition (DTD) content. This could lead to an infinite loop during parsing, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS) for the application using libexpat. CVE-2026-32776: A flaw was found in libexpat. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by providing specially crafted XML content with empty external parameter entities. This could lead to a NULL pointer dereference, causing the application to crash and resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS).
Fixed packages 1
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux · 2 | thunderbird | 0:140.8.0-1.amzn2.0.2 |
Vulnerabilities 3
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Medium 4.0
libexpat before 2.7.5 allows a NULL pointer dereference with empty external parameter entity content.
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Medium 4.0
libexpat before 2.7.5 allows an infinite loop while parsing DTD content.
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Low 2.9
libexpat before 2.7.5 allows a NULL pointer dereference in the function setContext on retry after an earlier ouf-of-mem…