<p>Upgrade <code>Amazon-Linux:2</code> <code>libxml2</code> to version 0:2.9.1-6.amzn2.4.1 or higher.<br>This issue was patched in <code>ALAS2-2020-1466</code>.</p>

Use After Free Affecting libxml2 package, versions <0:2.9.1-6.amzn2.4.1

Snyk CVSS

Attack Complexity Low

User Interaction Required

Confidentiality High

Integrity High

Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS 2.14% (90^th percentile)

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Snyk ID SNYK-AMZN2-LIBXML2-1682623
published 27 Sep 2021
disclosed 28 Aug 2018

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Introduced: 28 Aug 2018

CVE-2017-15412 Open this link in a new tab CWE-416 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 libxml2 to version 0:2.9.1-6.amzn2.4.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2020-1466.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libxml2 package and not the libxml2 package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

Use after free in libxml2 before 2.9.5, as used in Google Chrome prior to 63.0.3239.84 and other products, allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.