ALAS2-2022-1754

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2022-23852  

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)

ALAS2-2022-1754


Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2022-1754
Advisory Release Date: 2022-03-01 17:39 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2022-03-04 21:15 Pacific
Severity: Medium
References: CVE-2022-23852 

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)


Affected Packages:

expat


Issue Correction:
Run yum update expat to update your system.

New Packages:
aarch64:
    expat-2.1.0-12.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
    expat-devel-2.1.0-12.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
    expat-static-2.1.0-12.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
    expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-12.amzn2.0.1.aarch64

i686:
    expat-2.1.0-12.amzn2.0.1.i686
    expat-devel-2.1.0-12.amzn2.0.1.i686
    expat-static-2.1.0-12.amzn2.0.1.i686
    expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-12.amzn2.0.1.i686

src:
    expat-2.1.0-12.amzn2.0.1.src

x86_64:
    expat-2.1.0-12.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
    expat-devel-2.1.0-12.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
    expat-static-2.1.0-12.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
    expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-12.amzn2.0.1.x86_64