vulnerability

Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2016-4447: Security patch for libxml2 (ALAS-2016-719)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Jun 9, 2016
Added
Jul 14, 2016
Modified
May 3, 2019

Description

The xmlParseElementDecl function in parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.4 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer underread and application crash) via a crafted file, involving xmlParseName.

Solution

amazon-linux-upgrade-libxml2

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