Out-of-Bounds Affecting expat package, versions <0:2.1.0-10.21.amzn1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
4.13% (93rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-EXPAT-1703843
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed26 May 2016

Introduced: 26 May 2016

CVE-2016-0718  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 expat to version 0:2.1.0-10.21.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2016-775.

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:2018.03 relevant fixed versions and status.

Expat allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a malformed input document, which triggers a buffer overflow.

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