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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2017-18258: Security patch for libxml2 (ALAS-2020-1466)

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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2017-18258: Security patch for libxml2 (ALAS-2020-1466)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
04/08/2018
Created
07/24/2020
Added
07/23/2020
Modified
09/30/2022

Description

The xz_head function in xzlib.c in libxml2 before 2.9.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted LZMA file, because the decoder functionality does not restrict memory usage to what is required for a legitimate file.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-libxml2
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-libxml2-debuginfo
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-libxml2-devel
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-libxml2-python
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-libxml2-static

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