vulnerability
Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2016-0718: Security patch for expat (ALAS-2016-775)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | May 26, 2016 | Dec 16, 2016 | Oct 14, 2022 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
May 26, 2016
Added
Dec 16, 2016
Modified
Oct 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
amazon-linux-upgrade-expat
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