Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2018-1041
Advisory Release Date: 2018-06-20 19:55 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2018-07-24 21:13 Pacific
Severity:
Important
Issue Overview:
A flaw was discovered in the Apache XML-RPC (ws-xmlrpc) library that deserializes untrusted data when enabledForExtensions setting is enabled. A remote attacker could use this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code via a crafted serialized Java object in a <ex:serializable> element.(CVE-2016-5003)
Affected Packages:
xmlrpc
Note:
This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.
Issue Correction:
Run yum update xmlrpc to update your system.
New Packages:
noarch:
xmlrpc-javadoc-3.1.3-9.amzn2.noarch
xmlrpc-common-3.1.3-9.amzn2.noarch
xmlrpc-client-3.1.3-9.amzn2.noarch
xmlrpc-server-3.1.3-9.amzn2.noarch
src:
xmlrpc-3.1.3-9.amzn2.src