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Fedora 29: FEDORA-2018-51ce232320 Moderate: Xerces-C Denial Of Service

Fixes for CVE-2016-4463 and CVE-2017-12627.. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2018-51ce232320 2019-02-13 02:45:39.817303 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Name : xerces-c27 Product : Fedora 29 Version : 2.7.0 Release : 28.fc29 URL : https://xerces.apache.org/xerces-c/ Summary : Validating XML Parser Description : 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. Xerces-C is faithful to the XML 1.0 recommendation and associated standards ( DOM 1.0, DOM 2.0. SAX 1.0, SAX 2.0, Namespaces). Note that this package contains Xerces-C++ 2.7.0 for compatibility with applications that cannot use a newer version. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Update Information: Fixes for CVE-2016-4463 and CVE-2017-12627. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------ChangeLog: * Wed Aug 8 2018 Xavier Bachelot - 2.7.0-28 - Clean up spec. - Add patch for CVE-2016-4463 (RHBZ#1351469). - Add patch for CVE-2017-12627 (RHBZ#1551526). --------------------------------------------------------------------------------References: [ 1 ] Bug #1551526 - CVE-2017-12627 xerces-c27: xerces-c: Null pointer dereference while processing the path to DTD allows denial of service [fedora-all] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1551526 [ 2 ] Bug #1351469 - CVE-2016-4463 xerces-c27: xerces-c: Stack overflow when parsing deeply nested DTD [fedora-all] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1351469 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2018-51ce232320' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at 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. . Prioritize implementation of security enhancements for xerces-c27, targeting identified vulnerabilities to improve overall system resilience.. Fedora Security Update,xerces-c,Denial of Service,Stack Overflow. . LinuxSecurity.com Team

Feb 13, 2019 Fedora