Explore top 10 tips to secure your open-source projects now. Read More

×
Alerts This Week
Warning Icon 1 573
Alerts This Week
Warning Icon 1 573

RedHat: RHSA-2020-0702-01 Important: Xerces-C Use-After-Free Fix

red hat
Calendar Grey March 4, 2020
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Canonical issues a critical patch for libxml2 resolving a buffer overflow vulnerability along with new versions.
An update for xerces-c is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

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: XML parser contains a use-after-free error triggered during the scanning of external DTDs (CVE-2018-1311)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory red hat security fix important xerces-c xml parser

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-1311 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6):
Source: xerces-c-3.0.1-21.el6_10.src.rpm
i386: xerces-c-3.0.1-21.el6_10.i686.rpm xerces-c-debuginfo-3.0.1-21.el6_10.i686.rpm xerces-c-devel-3.0.1-21.el6_10.i686.rpm
noarch: xerces-c-doc-3.0.1-21.el6_10.noarch.rpm
x86_64: xerces-c-3.0.1-21.el6_10.i686.rpm xerces-c-3.0.1-21.el6_10.x86_64.rpm xerces-c-debuginfo-3.0.1-21.el6_10.i686.rpm xerces-c-debuginfo-3.0.1-21.el6_10.x86_64.rpm xerces-c-devel-3.0.1-21.el6_10.i686.rpm xerces-c-devel-3.0.1-21.el6_10.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6):
Source: xerces-c-3.0.1-21.el6_10.src.rpm
noarch: xerces-c-doc-3.0.1-21.el6_10.noarch.rpm
x86_64: xerces-c-3.0.1-21.el6_10.i686.rpm xerces-c-3.0.1-21.el6_10.x86_64.rpm xerces-c-debuginfo-3.0.1-21.el6_10.i686.rpm xerces-c-debuginfo-3.0.1-21.el6_10.x86_64.rpm xerces-c-devel-3.0.1-21.el6_10.i686.rpm xerces-c-devel-3.0.1-21.el6_10.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6):
Source: xerces-c-3.0.1-21.el6_10.src.rpm
i386: xerces-c-3.0.1-21.el6_10.i686.rpm xerces-c-debuginfo-3.0.1-21.el6_10.i686.rpm xerces-c-devel-3.0.1-21.el6_10.i686.rpm
noarch: xerces-c-doc-3.0.1-21.el6_10.noarch.rpm
x86_64: xerces-c-3.0.1-21.el6_10.i686.rpm xerces-c-3.0.1-21.el6_10.x86_64.rpm xerces-c-debuginfo-3.0.1-21.el6_10.i686.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


Severity
important
Lowest
Low
Medium
High
Critical

Advisory ID: RHSA-2020:0702-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0702
Issue date: 2020-03-04

Topic

An update for xerces-c is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerabilityfrom the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory red hat security fix important xerces-c xml parser

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) - i386, noarch, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) - noarch, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) - i386, noarch, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) - i386, noarch, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1788472 - CVE-2018-1311 xerces-c: XML parser contains a use-after-free error triggered during the scanning of external DTDs

Get the latest News and Insights

Get the latest Linux and open source security news straight to your inbox.