vulnerability
Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2017-16931: Security patch for libxml2 (ALAS-2023-1743)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Nov 23, 2017 | May 4, 2023 | May 4, 2023 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Nov 23, 2017
Added
May 4, 2023
Modified
May 4, 2023
Description
parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.5 mishandles parameter-entity references because the NEXTL macro calls the xmlParserHandlePEReference function in the case of a '%' character in a DTD name.
Solution
amazon-linux-upgrade-libxml2
References
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