Amazon Linux 2022 Security Advisory: ALAS-2022-028
Advisory Release Date: 2022-02-16 00:53 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2022-02-16 19:14 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)
Expat (aka libexpat) before 2.4.4 has an integer overflow in the doProlog function. (CVE-2022-23990)
Affected Packages:
expat
Issue Correction:
Run dnf update --releasever=2022.0.20220215 expat to update your system.
New Packages:
aarch64:
expat-debuginfo-2.4.4-1.amzn2022.aarch64
expat-static-2.4.4-1.amzn2022.aarch64
expat-debugsource-2.4.4-1.amzn2022.aarch64
expat-2.4.4-1.amzn2022.aarch64
expat-devel-2.4.4-1.amzn2022.aarch64
src:
expat-2.4.4-1.amzn2022.src
x86_64:
expat-debugsource-2.4.4-1.amzn2022.x86_64
expat-2.4.4-1.amzn2022.x86_64
expat-debuginfo-2.4.4-1.amzn2022.x86_64
expat-devel-2.4.4-1.amzn2022.x86_64
expat-static-2.4.4-1.amzn2022.x86_64