ALAS2023-2023-343


Amazon Linux 2023 Security Advisory: ALAS-2023-343
Advisory Release Date: 2023-09-14 00:54 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2023-09-20 21:34 Pacific
Severity: Medium

Issue Overview:

Xmlsoft Libxml2 v2.11.0 was discovered to contain a global buffer overflow via the xmlSAX2StartElement() function at /libxml2/SAX2.c. This vulnerability allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via supplying a crafted XML file. (CVE-2023-39615)


Affected Packages:

libxml2


Issue Correction:
Run dnf update libxml2 --releasever 2023.2.20230920 to update your system.

New Packages:
aarch64:
    python3-libxml2-debuginfo-2.10.4-1.amzn2023.0.4.aarch64
    libxml2-debugsource-2.10.4-1.amzn2023.0.4.aarch64
    libxml2-debuginfo-2.10.4-1.amzn2023.0.4.aarch64
    libxml2-devel-2.10.4-1.amzn2023.0.4.aarch64
    libxml2-static-2.10.4-1.amzn2023.0.4.aarch64
    python3-libxml2-2.10.4-1.amzn2023.0.4.aarch64
    libxml2-2.10.4-1.amzn2023.0.4.aarch64

src:
    libxml2-2.10.4-1.amzn2023.0.4.src

x86_64:
    libxml2-debugsource-2.10.4-1.amzn2023.0.4.x86_64
    libxml2-debuginfo-2.10.4-1.amzn2023.0.4.x86_64
    python3-libxml2-2.10.4-1.amzn2023.0.4.x86_64
    libxml2-static-2.10.4-1.amzn2023.0.4.x86_64
    libxml2-devel-2.10.4-1.amzn2023.0.4.x86_64
    python3-libxml2-debuginfo-2.10.4-1.amzn2023.0.4.x86_64
    libxml2-2.10.4-1.amzn2023.0.4.x86_64