Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2024-2649
Advisory Release Date: 2024-09-25 22:07 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2024-10-02 14:30 Pacific
Severity:
Medium
Issue Overview:
Apache Xerces2 Java Parser before 2.12.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a crafted message to an XML service, which triggers hash table collisions. (CVE-2012-0881)
Affected Packages:
xerces-j2
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 xerces-j2 to update your system.
New Packages:
noarch:
xerces-j2-2.11.0-17.amzn2.0.2.noarch
xerces-j2-javadoc-2.11.0-17.amzn2.0.2.noarch
xerces-j2-demo-2.11.0-17.amzn2.0.2.noarch
src:
xerces-j2-2.11.0-17.amzn2.0.2.src