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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2012-0881: Security patch for xerces-j2 (ALAS-2024-2649)

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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2012-0881: Security patch for xerces-j2 (ALAS-2024-2649)

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
10/30/2017
Created
10/03/2024
Added
10/03/2024
Modified
10/03/2024

Description

Apache Xerces2 Java Parser before 2.12.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a crafted message to an XML service, which triggers hash table collisions.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-xerces-j2
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-xerces-j2-demo
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-xerces-j2-javadoc

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