ALAS-2024-524


Amazon Linux 2023 Security Advisory: ALAS-2024-524
Advisory Release Date: 2024-02-15 02:51 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2024-02-19 20:27 Pacific
Severity: Medium

Issue Overview:

libexpat through 2.5.0 allows recursive XML Entity Expansion if XML_DTD is undefined at compile time. (CVE-2023-52426)


Affected Packages:

expat


Issue Correction:
Run dnf update expat --releasever 2023.3.20240219 to update your system.

New Packages:
aarch64:
    expat-debugsource-2.5.0-1.amzn2023.0.3.aarch64
    expat-debuginfo-2.5.0-1.amzn2023.0.3.aarch64
    expat-2.5.0-1.amzn2023.0.3.aarch64
    expat-static-2.5.0-1.amzn2023.0.3.aarch64
    expat-devel-2.5.0-1.amzn2023.0.3.aarch64

src:
    expat-2.5.0-1.amzn2023.0.3.src

x86_64:
    expat-debugsource-2.5.0-1.amzn2023.0.3.x86_64
    expat-2.5.0-1.amzn2023.0.3.x86_64
    expat-static-2.5.0-1.amzn2023.0.3.x86_64
    expat-debuginfo-2.5.0-1.amzn2023.0.3.x86_64
    expat-devel-2.5.0-1.amzn2023.0.3.x86_64