Fedora 39: xerces-c 2023-817ecc703f
Summary
Xerces-C is a validating XML parser written in a portable
subset of C++. Xerces-C makes it easy to give your application the
ability to read and write XML data. A shared library is provided for
parsing, generating, manipulating, and validating XML
documents. Xerces-C is faithful to the XML 1.0 recommendation and
associated standards: XML 1.0 (Third Edition), XML 1.1 (First
Edition), DOM Level 1, 2, 3 Core, DOM Level 2.0 Traversal and Range,
DOM Level 3.0 Load and Save, SAX 1.0 and SAX 2.0, Namespaces in XML,
Namespaces in XML 1.1, XML Schema, XML Inclusions).
Update Information:
Update to 3.2.5, fixing CVE-2018-1311 and CVE-2023-37536
Change Log
* Fri Dec 22 2023 Kalev Lember
References
[ 1 ] Bug #1788472 - CVE-2018-1311 xerces-c: XML parser contains a use-after-free error triggered during the scanning of external DTDs https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1788472 [ 2 ] Bug #2243426 - CVE-2023-37536 xerces-c: An integer overflow issue that allows remote attackers to cause out-of-bound access via HTTP request https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2243426
Update Instructions
This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2023-817ecc703f' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html