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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2022-40674: Security patch for expat, firefox, thunderbird (Multiple Advisories)

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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2022-40674: Security patch for expat, firefox, thunderbird (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
09/14/2022
Created
11/11/2022
Added
11/10/2022
Modified
09/28/2023

Description

libexpat before 2.4.9 has a use-after-free in the doContent function in xmlparse.c.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-expat
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-expat-debuginfo
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-expat-devel
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-expat-static
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-firefox
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-firefox-debuginfo
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-thunderbird
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-thunderbird-debuginfo

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