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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2022-25235: Security patch for xmlrpc-c ((Multiple Advisories))

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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2022-25235: Security patch for xmlrpc-c ((Multiple Advisories))

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
02/16/2022
Created
03/14/2022
Added
03/11/2022
Modified
05/25/2022

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-upgrade-expat
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-xmlrpc-c

References

  • ALAS-2022-1585
  • CVE-2022-25235
  • USN-5288-1

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