ALAS-2023-1841

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2023-39615  

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)

ALAS-2023-1841


Amazon Linux AMI Security Advisory: ALAS-2023-1841
Advisory Release Date: 2023-09-27 22:15 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2023-10-06 00:53 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 yum update libxml2 to update your system.

New Packages:
i686:
    libxml2-devel-2.9.1-6.6.43.amzn1.i686
    libxml2-2.9.1-6.6.43.amzn1.i686
    libxml2-debuginfo-2.9.1-6.6.43.amzn1.i686
    libxml2-static-2.9.1-6.6.43.amzn1.i686
    libxml2-python27-2.9.1-6.6.43.amzn1.i686
    libxml2-python26-2.9.1-6.6.43.amzn1.i686

src:
    libxml2-2.9.1-6.6.43.amzn1.src

x86_64:
    libxml2-python26-2.9.1-6.6.43.amzn1.x86_64
    libxml2-2.9.1-6.6.43.amzn1.x86_64
    libxml2-debuginfo-2.9.1-6.6.43.amzn1.x86_64
    libxml2-python27-2.9.1-6.6.43.amzn1.x86_64
    libxml2-static-2.9.1-6.6.43.amzn1.x86_64
    libxml2-devel-2.9.1-6.6.43.amzn1.x86_64