ALAS2-2022-1826


Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2022-1826
Advisory Release Date: 2022-07-19 01:21 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2022-07-20 22:24 Pacific
Severity: Medium

Issue Overview:

valid.c in libxml2 before 2.9.13 has a use-after-free of ID and IDREF attributes. (CVE-2022-23308)


Affected Packages:

libxml2


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 libxml2 to update your system.

New Packages:
aarch64:
    libxml2-2.9.1-6.amzn2.5.5.aarch64
    libxml2-devel-2.9.1-6.amzn2.5.5.aarch64
    libxml2-static-2.9.1-6.amzn2.5.5.aarch64
    libxml2-python-2.9.1-6.amzn2.5.5.aarch64
    libxml2-debuginfo-2.9.1-6.amzn2.5.5.aarch64

i686:
    libxml2-2.9.1-6.amzn2.5.5.i686
    libxml2-devel-2.9.1-6.amzn2.5.5.i686
    libxml2-static-2.9.1-6.amzn2.5.5.i686
    libxml2-python-2.9.1-6.amzn2.5.5.i686
    libxml2-debuginfo-2.9.1-6.amzn2.5.5.i686

src:
    libxml2-2.9.1-6.amzn2.5.5.src

x86_64:
    libxml2-2.9.1-6.amzn2.5.5.x86_64
    libxml2-devel-2.9.1-6.amzn2.5.5.x86_64
    libxml2-static-2.9.1-6.amzn2.5.5.x86_64
    libxml2-python-2.9.1-6.amzn2.5.5.x86_64
    libxml2-debuginfo-2.9.1-6.amzn2.5.5.x86_64