vulnerability
Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2017-18258: Security patch for libxml2 (ALAS-2020-1466)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Apr 8, 2018 | Jul 23, 2020 | Sep 30, 2022 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Apr 8, 2018
Added
Jul 23, 2020
Modified
Sep 30, 2022
Description
The xz_head function in xzlib.c in libxml2 before 2.9.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted LZMA file, because the decoder functionality does not restrict memory usage to what is required for a legitimate file.
Solutions
amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-libxml2amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-libxml2-debuginfoamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-libxml2-develamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-libxml2-pythonamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-libxml2-static
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