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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7: RHSA-2020-0704 Critical Xerces-C Vulnerability

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Calendar Grey March 4, 2020
Dist Redhat Esm H88
The Red Hat team has issued a critical security patch for xerces-c that impacts Enterprise Linux 7. Find additional details here.
An update for xerces-c is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

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.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat Enterprise Linux important security impact xerces-c use-after-free

References

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

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7):
Source: xerces-c-3.1.1-10.el7_7.src.rpm
noarch: xerces-c-doc-3.1.1-10.el7_7.noarch.rpm
x86_64: xerces-c-3.1.1-10.el7_7.i686.rpm xerces-c-3.1.1-10.el7_7.x86_64.rpm xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-10.el7_7.i686.rpm xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-10.el7_7.x86_64.rpm xerces-c-devel-3.1.1-10.el7_7.i686.rpm xerces-c-devel-3.1.1-10.el7_7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7):
Source: xerces-c-3.1.1-10.el7_7.src.rpm
noarch: xerces-c-doc-3.1.1-10.el7_7.noarch.rpm
x86_64: xerces-c-3.1.1-10.el7_7.x86_64.rpm xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-10.el7_7.i686.rpm xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-10.el7_7.x86_64.rpm xerces-c-devel-3.1.1-10.el7_7.i686.rpm xerces-c-devel-3.1.1-10.el7_7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):
Source: xerces-c-3.1.1-10.el7_7.src.rpm
ppc64: xerces-c-3.1.1-10.el7_7.ppc.rpm xerces-c-3.1.1-10.el7_7.ppc64.rpm xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-10.el7_7.ppc.rpm xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-10.el7_7.ppc64.rpm
ppc64le: xerces-c-3.1.1-10.el7_7.ppc64le.rpm xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-10.el7_7.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: xerces-c-3.1.1-10.el7_7.s390.rpm xerces-c-3.1.1-10.el7_7.s390x.rpm xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-10.el7_7.s390.rpm xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-10.el7_7.s390x.rpm
x86_64: xerces-c-3.1.1-10.el7_7.i686.rpm

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2020:0704-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0704
Issue date: 2020-03-04

Topic

An update for xerces-c is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.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.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat Enterprise Linux important security impact xerces-c use-after-free

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) - noarch, ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) - 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

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