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Amazon Linux 2023: CVE-2024-45490: Important priority package update for expat

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Amazon Linux 2023: CVE-2024-45490: Important priority package update for expat

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
08/30/2024
Created
02/14/2025
Added
02/17/2025
Modified
02/17/2025

Description

An issue was discovered in libexpat before 2.6.3. xmlparse.c does not reject a negative length for XML_ParseBuffer. A flaw was found in libexpat's xmlparse.c component. This vulnerability allows an attacker to cause improper handling of XML data by providing a negative length value to the XML_ParseBuffer function.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-expat
  • amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-expat-debuginfo
  • amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-expat-debugsource
  • amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-expat-devel
  • amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-expat-static

References

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