Use After Free Affecting expat package, versions <0:2.1.0-15.amzn2.0.1
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.56% (79th
percentile)
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- published 9 Nov 2022
- disclosed 14 Sep 2022
Introduced: 14 Sep 2022
CVE-2022-40674 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 expat to version 0:2.1.0-15.amzn2.0.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2022-1877.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream expat package and not the expat package as distributed by Amazon-Linux.
See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.
libexpat before 2.4.9 has a use-after-free in the doContent function in xmlparse.c.
References
- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-40674
- https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/pull/629
- https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/pull/640
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00029.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GSVZN3IJ6OCPSJL7AEX3ZHSHAHFOGESK/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/J2IGJNHFV53PYST7VQV3T4NHVYAMXA36/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LQB6FJAM5YQ35SF5B2MN25Y2FX56EOEZ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WE2ZKEPGFCZ7R6DRVH3K6RBJPT42ZBEG/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XCGBVQQ47URGJAZWHCISHDWF6QBTV2LE/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-24
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202211-06
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221028-0008/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5236
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GSVZN3IJ6OCPSJL7AEX3ZHSHAHFOGESK/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/J2IGJNHFV53PYST7VQV3T4NHVYAMXA36/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LQB6FJAM5YQ35SF5B2MN25Y2FX56EOEZ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WE2ZKEPGFCZ7R6DRVH3K6RBJPT42ZBEG/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XCGBVQQ47URGJAZWHCISHDWF6QBTV2LE/
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