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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2022-23308: Security patch for libxml2 (ALAS-2022-1826)

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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2022-23308: Security patch for libxml2 (ALAS-2022-1826)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
02/26/2022
Created
09/30/2022
Added
09/30/2022
Modified
09/30/2022

Description

valid.c in libxml2 before 2.9.13 has a use-after-free of ID and IDREF attributes.

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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