Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS2-2024-2649
Advisory Released Date: 2024-10-02
Advisory Updated Date: 2025-05-05
Apache Xerces2 Java Parser before 2.12.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a crafted message to an XML service, which triggers hash table collisions. (CVE-2012-0881)
There's a vulnerability within the Apache Xerces Java (XercesJ) XML parser when handling specially crafted XML document payloads. This causes, the XercesJ XML parser to wait in an infinite loop, which may sometimes consume system resources for prolonged duration. This vulnerability is present within XercesJ version 2.12.1 and the previous versions. (CVE-2022-23437)
Affected Packages:
xerces-j2
Note:
This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.
Issue Correction:
Run yum update xerces-j2 to update your system.
noarch:
xerces-j2-2.11.0-17.amzn2.0.2.noarch
xerces-j2-javadoc-2.11.0-17.amzn2.0.2.noarch
xerces-j2-demo-2.11.0-17.amzn2.0.2.noarch
src:
xerces-j2-2.11.0-17.amzn2.0.2.src
2025-05-05: CVE-2022-23437 was added to this advisory.