Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2022-1848
Advisory Release Date: 2022-09-15 04:46 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2022-10-10 21:55 Pacific
Severity:
Medium
Issue Overview:
A flaw was found in the libxml2 library in functions used to manipulate the xmlBuf and the xmlBuffer types. A substantial input causes values to calculate buffer sizes to overflow, resulting in an out-of-bounds write. (CVE-2022-29824)
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.amzn2.5.6.aarch64
libxml2-devel-2.9.1-6.amzn2.5.6.aarch64
libxml2-static-2.9.1-6.amzn2.5.6.aarch64
libxml2-python-2.9.1-6.amzn2.5.6.aarch64
libxml2-debuginfo-2.9.1-6.amzn2.5.6.aarch64
i686:
libxml2-2.9.1-6.amzn2.5.6.i686
libxml2-devel-2.9.1-6.amzn2.5.6.i686
libxml2-static-2.9.1-6.amzn2.5.6.i686
libxml2-python-2.9.1-6.amzn2.5.6.i686
libxml2-debuginfo-2.9.1-6.amzn2.5.6.i686
src:
libxml2-2.9.1-6.amzn2.5.6.src
x86_64:
libxml2-2.9.1-6.amzn2.5.6.x86_64
libxml2-devel-2.9.1-6.amzn2.5.6.x86_64
libxml2-static-2.9.1-6.amzn2.5.6.x86_64
libxml2-python-2.9.1-6.amzn2.5.6.x86_64
libxml2-debuginfo-2.9.1-6.amzn2.5.6.x86_64