Scientific Linux: SLSA-2014:1319-1 Moderate: Xerces-J2 Resource Issue

Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2014 21:37:02 +0000
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From: Pat Riehecky 
Subject: Security ERRATA Moderate: xerces-j2 on SL6.x i386/x86_64
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Synopsis: Moderate: xerces-j2 security update
Advisory ID: SLSA-2014:1319-1
Issue Date: 2014-09-29
CVE Numbers: CVE-2013-4002
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A resource consumption issue was found in the way Xerces-J handled XML
declarations. A remote attacker could use an XML document with a specially
crafted declaration using a long pseudo-attribute name that, when parsed
by an application using Xerces-J, would cause that application to use an
excessive amount of CPU. (CVE-2013-4002)

Applications using the Xerces-J must be restarted for this update to take
effect.
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SL6
 x86_64
 xerces-j2-2.7.1-12.7.el6_5.x86_64.rpm
 xerces-j2-debuginfo-2.7.1-12.7.el6_5.x86_64.rpm
 xerces-j2-demo-2.7.1-12.7.el6_5.x86_64.rpm
 xerces-j2-javadoc-apis-2.7.1-12.7.el6_5.x86_64.rpm
 xerces-j2-javadoc-impl-2.7.1-12.7.el6_5.x86_64.rpm
 xerces-j2-javadoc-other-2.7.1-12.7.el6_5.x86_64.rpm
 xerces-j2-javadoc-xni-2.7.1-12.7.el6_5.x86_64.rpm
 xerces-j2-scripts-2.7.1-12.7.el6_5.x86_64.rpm
 i386
 xerces-j2-2.7.1-12.7.el6_5.i686.rpm
 xerces-j2-debuginfo-2.7.1-12.7.el6_5.i686.rpm
 xerces-j2-demo-2.7.1-12.7.el6_5.i686.rpm
 xerces-j2-javadoc-apis-2.7.1-12.7.el6_5.i686.rpm
 xerces-j2-javadoc-impl-2.7.1-12.7.el6_5.i686.rpm
 xerces-j2-javadoc-other-2.7.1-12.7.el6_5.i686.rpm
 xerces-j2-javadoc-xni-2.7.1-12.7.el6_5.i686.rpm
 xerces-j2-scripts-2.7.1-12.7.el6_5.i686.rpm

- Scientific Linux Development Team