Summary
Package updates are available for Amazon Linux 2023 that fix the following vulnerabilities: CVE-2023-45322: libxml2 through 2.11.5 has a use-after-free that can only occur after a certain memory allocation fails. This occurs in xmlUnlinkNode in tree.c. NOTE: the vendor's position is "I don't think these issues are critical enough to warrant a CVE ID ... because an attacker typically can't control when memory allocations fail."
Fixed packages 7
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | libxml2 | 0:2.10.4-1.amzn2023.0.6 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | libxml2-debuginfo | 0:2.10.4-1.amzn2023.0.6 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | libxml2-debugsource | 0:2.10.4-1.amzn2023.0.6 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | libxml2-devel | 0:2.10.4-1.amzn2023.0.6 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | libxml2-static | 0:2.10.4-1.amzn2023.0.6 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | python3-libxml2 | 0:2.10.4-1.amzn2023.0.6 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | python3-libxml2-debuginfo | 0:2.10.4-1.amzn2023.0.6 |
Vulnerabilities 1
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Unscored —
libxml2 through 2.11.5 has a use-after-free that can only occur after a certain memory allocation fails. This occurs in…
References
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web
https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2023-45322.html