vulnerability
Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2022-40303: Security patch for libxml2 (ALAS-2023-1743)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Oct 22, 2022 | May 4, 2023 | May 21, 2025 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Oct 22, 2022
Added
May 4, 2023
Modified
May 21, 2025
Description
An issue was discovered in libxml2 before 2.10.3. When parsing a multi-gigabyte XML document with the XML_PARSE_HUGE parser option enabled, several integer counters can overflow. This results in an attempt to access an array at a negative 2GB offset, typically leading to a segmentation fault.
Solution
amazon-linux-upgrade-libxml2
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