Amazon Linux 2023: CVE-2022-40304: Medium priority package update for libxml2 (Multiple Advisories)
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. A flaw was found in libxml2. When a reference cycle is detected in the XML entity cleanup function the XML entity data can be stored in a dictionary. In this case, the dictionary becomes corrupted resulting in logic errors, including memory errors like double free.
Solution(s)
- amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-libxml2
- amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-libxml2-debuginfo
- amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-libxml2-debugsource
- amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-libxml2-devel
- amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-libxml2-static
- amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-python3-libxml2
- amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-python3-libxml2-debuginfo
- amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-xmlsec1
- amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-xmlsec1-debuginfo
- amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-xmlsec1-debugsource
- amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-xmlsec1-devel
- amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-xmlsec1-openssl
- amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-xmlsec1-openssl-debuginfo
- amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-xmlsec1-openssl-devel
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