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Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2024-2464
Advisory Release Date: 2024-02-15 03:52 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2024-02-19 17:36 Pacific
Severity:
Medium
Issue Overview:
Those using Xstream to seralize XML data may be vulnerable to Denial of Service attacks (DOS). If the parser is running on user supplied input, an attacker may supply content that causes the parser to crash by stackoverflow. This effect may support a denial of service attack. (CVE-2022-40151)
Affected Packages:
xstream
Note:
This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.
Issue Correction:
Run yum update xstream to update your system.
New Packages:
noarch:
xstream-1.3.1-16.amzn2.0.3.noarch
xstream-javadoc-1.3.1-16.amzn2.0.3.noarch
src:
xstream-1.3.1-16.amzn2.0.3.src