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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2016-0718: Security patch for expat (ALAS-2016-775)

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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2016-0718: Security patch for expat (ALAS-2016-775)

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
05/26/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/16/2016
Modified
10/14/2022

Description

Expat allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a malformed input document, which triggers a buffer overflow.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-upgrade-expat

References

  • ALAS-2016-775
  • DLA-483-1
  • DSA-3582
  • USN-2983-1
  • USN-3013-1
  • USN-3044-1
  • CVE-2016-0718
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