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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2022-40152: Security patch for woodstox-core (ALAS-2024-2463)

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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2022-40152: Security patch for woodstox-core (ALAS-2024-2463)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
09/16/2022
Created
02/22/2024
Added
02/21/2024
Modified
02/21/2024

Description

Those using Woodstox to parse XML data may be vulnerable to Denial of Service attacks (DOS) if DTD support is enabled. 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.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-woodstox-core
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-woodstox-core-javadoc

References

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