Inappropriate Encoding for Output Context Affecting expat-debuginfo package, versions <0:2.5.0-1.amzn2023.0.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.29% (69th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2023-EXPATDEBUGINFO-3345445
  • published7 Mar 2023
  • disclosed16 Feb 2022

Introduced: 16 Feb 2022

CVE-2022-25235  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-838  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2023 expat-debuginfo to version 0:2.5.0-1.amzn2023.0.2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2023-2023-058.

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:2023 relevant fixed versions and status.

xmltok_impl.c in Expat (aka libexpat) before 2.4.5 lacks certain validation of encoding, such as checks for whether a UTF-8 character is valid in a certain context.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1