Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting expat-debuginfo package, versions <0:2.1.0-15.amzn2.0.3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.89% (83rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-EXPATDEBUGINFO-5936111
  • published6 Oct 2023
  • disclosed26 Jan 2022

Introduced: 26 Jan 2022

CVE-2022-23990  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 expat-debuginfo to version 0:2.1.0-15.amzn2.0.3 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2023-2280.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream expat-debuginfo package and not the expat-debuginfo package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

Expat (aka libexpat) before 2.4.4 has an integer overflow in the doProlog function.

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