ALAS2023-2023-204


Amazon Linux 2023 Security Advisory: ALAS-2023-204
Advisory Release Date: 2023-06-05 16:39 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2023-06-07 20:09 Pacific
Severity: Important

Issue Overview:

When processing files, malloc stores the data of the current line. When processing comments, malloc incorrectly accesses the released memory (use after free). (CVE-2021-33641)

When a file is processed, an infinite loop occurs in next_inline() of the more_curly() function. (CVE-2021-33642)


Affected Packages:

byacc


Issue Correction:
Run dnf update byacc --releasever 2023.0.20230607 to update your system.

New Packages:
aarch64:
    byacc-2.0.20210109-2.amzn2023.0.3.aarch64
    byacc-debugsource-2.0.20210109-2.amzn2023.0.3.aarch64
    byacc-debuginfo-2.0.20210109-2.amzn2023.0.3.aarch64

src:
    byacc-2.0.20210109-2.amzn2023.0.3.src

x86_64:
    byacc-2.0.20210109-2.amzn2023.0.3.x86_64
    byacc-debugsource-2.0.20210109-2.amzn2023.0.3.x86_64
    byacc-debuginfo-2.0.20210109-2.amzn2023.0.3.x86_64