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RHEL 7.4 RHSA-2018-3514 Moderate: Xerces-C Stack Overflow Issue

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Calendar Grey November 6, 2018
Dist Redhat Esm H88
The latest security update for xerces-c enhances Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 by addressing vulnerabilities. Admins should apply it swiftly to mitigate risks.
An update for xerces-c is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 Extended Update Support

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

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.
Security Fix(es):
* xerces-c: Stack overflow when parsing deeply nested DTD (CVE-2016-4463)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate Red Hat Enterprise Linux stack overflow xerces-c

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4463 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#moderate

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional EUS (v. 7.4):
Source: xerces-c-3.1.1-8.el7_4.1.src.rpm
noarch: xerces-c-doc-3.1.1-8.el7_4.1.noarch.rpm
x86_64: xerces-c-3.1.1-8.el7_4.1.x86_64.rpm xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-8.el7_4.1.i686.rpm xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-8.el7_4.1.x86_64.rpm xerces-c-devel-3.1.1-8.el7_4.1.i686.rpm xerces-c-devel-3.1.1-8.el7_4.1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.4):
Source: xerces-c-3.1.1-8.el7_4.1.src.rpm
ppc64: xerces-c-3.1.1-8.el7_4.1.ppc.rpm xerces-c-3.1.1-8.el7_4.1.ppc64.rpm xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-8.el7_4.1.ppc.rpm xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-8.el7_4.1.ppc64.rpm
ppc64le: xerces-c-3.1.1-8.el7_4.1.ppc64le.rpm xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-8.el7_4.1.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: xerces-c-3.1.1-8.el7_4.1.s390.rpm xerces-c-3.1.1-8.el7_4.1.s390x.rpm xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-8.el7_4.1.s390.rpm xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-8.el7_4.1.s390x.rpm
x86_64: xerces-c-3.1.1-8.el7_4.1.i686.rpm xerces-c-3.1.1-8.el7_4.1.x86_64.rpm xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-8.el7_4.1.i686.rpm xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-8.el7_4.1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional EUS (v. 7.4):
noarch: xerces-c-doc-3.1.1-8.el7_4.1.noarch.rpm
ppc64: xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-8.el7_4.1.ppc.rpm xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-8.el7_4.1.ppc64.rpm xerces-c-devel-3.1.1-8.el7_4.1.ppc.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2018:3514-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3514
Issue date: 2018-11-06

Topic

An update for xerces-c is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4Extended Update Support.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fromthe CVE link(s) in the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate Red Hat Enterprise Linux stack overflow xerces-c

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional EUS (v. 7.4) - noarch, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.4) - ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional EUS (v. 7.4) - noarch, ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1348845 - CVE-2016-4463 xerces-c: Stack overflow when parsing deeply nested DTD

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