7.5 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
6.7 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
5 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
0.008 Low
EPSS
Percentile
81.1%
Issue Overview:
Those using Woodstox to parse XML data may be vulnerable to Denial of Service attacks (DOS) if DTD support is enabled. If the parser is running on user supplied input, an attacker may supply content that causes the parser to crash by stackoverflow. This effect may support a denial of service attack. (CVE-2022-40152)
Affected Packages:
woodstox-core
Note:
This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.
Issue Correction:
Run yum update woodstox-core to update your system.
New Packages:
noarch:
woodstox-core-4.1.2-8.amzn2.0.1.noarch
woodstox-core-javadoc-4.1.2-8.amzn2.0.1.noarch
src:
woodstox-core-4.1.2-8.amzn2.0.1.src
Red Hat: CVE-2022-40152
Mitre: CVE-2022-40152
OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Amazon Linux | 2 | noarch | woodstox-core | < 4.1.2-8.amzn2.0.1 | woodstox-core-4.1.2-8.amzn2.0.1.noarch.rpm |
Amazon Linux | 2 | noarch | woodstox-core-javadoc | < 4.1.2-8.amzn2.0.1 | woodstox-core-javadoc-4.1.2-8.amzn2.0.1.noarch.rpm |
7.5 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
6.7 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
5 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
0.008 Low
EPSS
Percentile
81.1%