Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting libxml2-static package, versions <0:2.10.3-2.amzn2023.0.1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.47% (76th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2023-LIBXML2STATIC-3348677
  • published7 Mar 2023
  • disclosed23 Nov 2022

Introduced: 23 Nov 2022

CVE-2022-40303  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2023 libxml2-static 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-static package and not the libxml2-static package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2023 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in libxml2 before 2.10.3. When parsing a multi-gigabyte XML document with the XML_PARSE_HUGE parser option enabled, several integer counters can overflow. This results in an attempt to access an array at a negative 2GB offset, typically leading to a segmentation fault.

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