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Fedora 28: FEDORA-2019-a3f67e2364 Moderate: Checkstyle DTD Loading Issue

This update fixes security vulnerability - Checkstyle loads external DTDs by default. Upstream issue: https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/6474 https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/6478 References: https://checkstyle.org/releasenotes.html#Release_8.18. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2019-a3f67e2364 2019-04-11 18:43:14.104242 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Name : checkstyle Product : Fedora 28 Version : 8.0 Release : 4.1.fc28 URL : https://checkstyle.sourceforge.io/ Summary : Java source code checker Description : A tool for checking Java source code for adherence to a set of rules. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Update Information: This update fixes security vulnerability - Checkstyle loads external DTDs by default. Upstream issue: https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/6474 https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/6478 References: https://checkstyle.org/releasenotes.html#Release_8.18 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------ChangeLog: * Tue Apr 2 2019 Mikolaj Izdebski - 8.0-4.1 - Do not load external DTDs by default - Resolves: CVE-2019-9658 * Thu Jul 12 2018 Fedora Release Engineering - 8.0-4 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_29_Mass_Rebuild --------------------------------------------------------------------------------References: [ 1 ] Bug #1694857 - CVE-2019-9658 checkstyle: Loads external DTDs by default https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1694857 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2019-a3f67e2364' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation availableat https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at --------------------------------------------------------------------------------_______________________________________________ package-announce mailing list -- This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. To unsubscribe send an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it./ . This modification addresses a security vulnerability in Checkstyle - it now prevents the automatic loading of external DTDs, thereby enhancing overall protection.. Checkstyle Security, Fedora Security, DTD Exploit Fix. . LinuxSecurity.com Team

Apr 11, 2019 Fedora