Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2022-1754
Advisory Release Date: 2022-03-01 17:39 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2022-03-04 21:15 Pacific
Severity:
Medium
Issue Overview:
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. (CVE-2022-23852)
Affected Packages:
expat
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 expat to update your system.
New Packages:
aarch64:
expat-2.1.0-12.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
expat-devel-2.1.0-12.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
expat-static-2.1.0-12.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-12.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
i686:
expat-2.1.0-12.amzn2.0.1.i686
expat-devel-2.1.0-12.amzn2.0.1.i686
expat-static-2.1.0-12.amzn2.0.1.i686
expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-12.amzn2.0.1.i686
src:
expat-2.1.0-12.amzn2.0.1.src
x86_64:
expat-2.1.0-12.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
expat-devel-2.1.0-12.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
expat-static-2.1.0-12.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-12.amzn2.0.1.x86_64