Medium: xstream

Issue Overview:

Those using Xstream to seralize XML data may be vulnerable to Denial of Service attacks (DOS). 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-2022-40151)

Affected Packages:

xstream

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 xstream to update your system.

New Packages:

noarch:  
    xstream-1.3.1-16.amzn2.0.3.noarch  
    xstream-javadoc-1.3.1-16.amzn2.0.3.noarch  
  
src:  
    xstream-1.3.1-16.amzn2.0.3.src  

Additional References

Red Hat: CVE-2022-40151

Mitre: CVE-2022-40151