Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting expat-static package, versions <0:2.1.0-15.amzn2.0.4


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (19th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-EXPATSTATIC-8545360
  • published20 Dec 2024
  • disclosed30 Aug 2024

Introduced: 30 Aug 2024

CVE-2024-45490  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 expat-static to version 0:2.1.0-15.amzn2.0.4 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2024-2710.

NVD Description

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

An issue was discovered in libexpat before 2.6.3. xmlparse.c does not reject a negative length for XML_ParseBuffer.

CVSS Scores

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