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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2022-43680: Security patch for expat (ALAS-2022-1885)

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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2022-43680: Security patch for expat (ALAS-2022-1885)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
10/24/2022
Created
12/07/2022
Added
12/07/2022
Modified
12/07/2022

Description

In libexpat through 2.4.9, there is a use-after free caused by overeager destruction of a shared DTD in XML_ExternalEntityParserCreate in out-of-memory situations.

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

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