ALAS2-2023-2045


Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2023-2045
Advisory Release Date: 2023-05-11 17:49 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2023-05-16 15:13 Pacific
Severity: Medium

Issue Overview:

An XXE issue in SAXBuilder in JDOM through 2.0.6 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted HTTP request. (CVE-2021-33813)


Affected Packages:

jdom


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 jdom to update your system.

New Packages:
noarch:
    jdom-1.1.3-6.1.amzn2.0.1.noarch
    jdom-javadoc-1.1.3-6.1.amzn2.0.1.noarch
    jdom-demo-1.1.3-6.1.amzn2.0.1.noarch

src:
    jdom-1.1.3-6.1.amzn2.0.1.src