Use After Free Affecting libxml2-debugsource package, versions <0:2.10.3-2.amzn2023.0.1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
6.01% (93rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2023-LIBXML2DEBUGSOURCE-3348666
  • published7 Mar 2023
  • disclosed26 Feb 2022

Introduced: 26 Feb 2022

CVE-2022-23308  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2023 libxml2-debugsource to version 0:2.10.3-2.amzn2023.0.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2023-2023-096.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libxml2-debugsource package and not the libxml2-debugsource package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2023 relevant fixed versions and status.

valid.c in libxml2 before 2.9.13 has a use-after-free of ID and IDREF attributes.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1