Medium: expat

Issue Overview:

expat (libexpat) is susceptible to a software flaw that causes process interruption. When processing a large number of prefixed XML attributes on a single tag can libexpat can terminate unexpectedly due to integer overflow. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to availability, confidentiality and integrity. (CVE-2022-23852)

Affected Packages:

expat

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 expat to update your system.

New Packages:

aarch64:  
    expat-2.1.0-12.amzn2.0.1.aarch64  
    expat-devel-2.1.0-12.amzn2.0.1.aarch64  
    expat-static-2.1.0-12.amzn2.0.1.aarch64  
    expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-12.amzn2.0.1.aarch64  
  
i686:  
    expat-2.1.0-12.amzn2.0.1.i686  
    expat-devel-2.1.0-12.amzn2.0.1.i686  
    expat-static-2.1.0-12.amzn2.0.1.i686  
    expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-12.amzn2.0.1.i686  
  
src:  
    expat-2.1.0-12.amzn2.0.1.src  
  
x86_64:  
    expat-2.1.0-12.amzn2.0.1.x86_64  
    expat-devel-2.1.0-12.amzn2.0.1.x86_64  
    expat-static-2.1.0-12.amzn2.0.1.x86_64  
    expat-debuginfo-2.1.0-12.amzn2.0.1.x86_64  

Additional References

Red Hat: CVE-2022-23852

Mitre: CVE-2022-23852