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Fedora 23 FEDORA-2016-de909cc333 Moderate XStream Security Fix

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Calendar Grey April 26, 2016
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Ensure system integrity with the recent Fedora security update for XStream targeting CVE-2016-3674 weaknesses.
Security fix for CVE-2016-3674

Summary

XStream is a simple library to serialize objects to XML

and back again. A high level facade is supplied that

simplifies common use cases. Custom objects can be serialized

without need for specifying mappings. Speed and low memory

footprint are a crucial part of the design, making it suitable

for large object graphs or systems with high message throughput.

No information is duplicated that can be obtained via reflection.

This results in XML that is easier to read for humans and more

compact than native Java serialization. XStream serializes internal

fields, including private and final. Supports non-public and inner

classes. Classes are not required to have default constructor.

Duplicate references encountered in the object-model will be

maintained. Supports circular references. By implementing an

interface, XStream can serialize directly to/from any tree

structure (not just XML). Strategies can be registered allowing

customization of how particular types are represented as XML.

When an exception occurs due to malformed XML, detailed diagnostics

are provided to help isolate and fix the problem.

Update Information:

Security fix for CVE-2016-3674

Change Log

References


[ 1 ] Bug #1321789 - CVE-2016-3674 XStream: enabled processing of external entities https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1321789

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update xstream' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at .

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Name: xstream
Product: Fedora 23
Version: 1.4.9
Release: 1.fc23
URL: Summary : Java XML serialization library

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