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Mageia: 2020-0296 Critical: Xerces-C Use-After-Free Remote Execution Threat

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Calendar Grey July 31, 2020
Dist Mageia Esm H88
Recent updates to xerces-c packages in Mageia address a critical use-after-free vulnerability. Discover how this patch mitigates possible threats of remote code execution.
A use-after-free vulnerability was found in xerces-c in the way an XML document is processed via the SAX API

Summary

A use-after-free vulnerability was found in xerces-c in the way an XML document is processed via the SAX API. Applications that process XML documents with an external Document Type Definition (DTD) may be vulnerable to this flaw. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw by creating a specially crafted XML file that would crash the application or potentially lead to arbitrary code execution (CVE-2018-1311).

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26311

- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0704

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-1311

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Topics Covered

security advisory remote execution xerces-c use-after-free Mageia

Resolution

SRPMS

- 7/core/xerces-c-3.2.2-2.1.mga7

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Publication date: 31 Jul 2020
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2020-0296.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2018-1311

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Topics Covered

security advisory remote execution xerces-c use-after-free Mageia

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