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Amazon Linux 2023: CVE-2022-25235: Critical priority package update for expat (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Feb 19, 2022
Added
Feb 17, 2025
Modified
Dec 4, 2025

Description

xmltok_impl.c in Expat (aka libexpat) before 2.4.5 lacks certain validation of encoding, such as checks for whether a UTF-8 character is valid in a certain context.
A flaw was found in expat. Passing malformed 2- and 3-byte UTF-8 sequences (for example, from start tag names) to the XML processing application on top of expat can lead to arbitrary code execution. This issue is dependent on how invalid UTF-8 is handled inside the XML processor.

Solutions

amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-expatamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-expat-debuginfoamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-expat-debugsourceamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-expat-develamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-expat-staticamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-xmlrpc-camazon-linux-2023-upgrade-xmlrpc-c-appsamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-xmlrpc-c-apps-debuginfoamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-xmlrpc-c-camazon-linux-2023-upgrade-xmlrpc-c-c-debuginfoamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-xmlrpc-c-clientamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-xmlrpc-c-client-debuginfoamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-xmlrpc-c-debuginfoamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-xmlrpc-c-debugsourceamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-xmlrpc-c-devel
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