ALAS2023-2025-1196


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