Amazon Linux 1 Security Advisory: ALAS-2022-1569
Advisory Release Date: 2022-03-01 18:04 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2022-03-04 21:17 Pacific
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)
Affected Packages:
expat
Issue Correction:
Run yum update expat to update your system.
i686:
expat-2.1.0-12.25.amzn1.i686
expat-devel-2.1.0-12.25.amzn1.i686
expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-12.25.amzn1.i686
src:
expat-2.1.0-12.25.amzn1.src
x86_64:
expat-2.1.0-12.25.amzn1.x86_64
expat-devel-2.1.0-12.25.amzn1.x86_64
expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-12.25.amzn1.x86_64