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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2022-40304: Security patch for libxml2 (ALAS-2023-1743)

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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2022-40304: Security patch for libxml2 (ALAS-2023-1743)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
10/22/2022
Created
05/05/2023
Added
05/04/2023
Modified
05/04/2023

Description

An issue was discovered in libxml2 before 2.10.3. Certain invalid XML entity definitions can corrupt a hash table key, potentially leading to subsequent logic errors. In one case, a double-free can be provoked.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-upgrade-libxml2

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