Amazon Linux 2023 Security Advisory: ALAS2023-2025-1196
Advisory Released Date: 2025-09-29
Advisory Updated Date: 2025-09-29
Severity:
Important
Issue Overview:
libexpat in Expat before 2.7.2 allows attackers to trigger large dynamic memory allocations via a small document that is submitted for parsing. (CVE-2025-59375)
Affected Packages:
expat
Issue Correction:
Run dnf update expat --releasever 2023.9.20250929 or dnf update --advisory ALAS2023-2025-1196 --releasever 2023.9.20250929 to update your system.
More information on how to update your system can be found on this page: Amazon Linux 2023 documentation
New Packages:
aarch64:
expat-static-2.6.3-1.amzn2023.0.3.aarch64
expat-debugsource-2.6.3-1.amzn2023.0.3.aarch64
expat-2.6.3-1.amzn2023.0.3.aarch64
expat-debuginfo-2.6.3-1.amzn2023.0.3.aarch64
expat-devel-2.6.3-1.amzn2023.0.3.aarch64
src:
expat-2.6.3-1.amzn2023.0.3.src
x86_64:
expat-debuginfo-2.6.3-1.amzn2023.0.3.x86_64
expat-static-2.6.3-1.amzn2023.0.3.x86_64
expat-debugsource-2.6.3-1.amzn2023.0.3.x86_64
expat-devel-2.6.3-1.amzn2023.0.3.x86_64
expat-2.6.3-1.amzn2023.0.3.x86_64