vulnerability

Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2021-3518: Security patch for libxml2 (ALAS-2023-1743)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
May 5, 2021
Added
May 4, 2023
Modified
May 4, 2023

Description

There's a flaw in libxml2 in versions before 2.9.11. An attacker who is able to submit a crafted file to be processed by an application linked with libxml2 could trigger a use-after-free. The greatest impact from this flaw is to confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

Solution

amazon-linux-upgrade-libxml2
Title
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