RedHat: RHSA-2018-3514:01 Moderate: xerces-c security update
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: Stack overflow when parsing deeply nested DTD (CVE-2016-4463)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS
score, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in
the References section.
Summary
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
References
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4463 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
Package List
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional EUS (v. 7.4):
Source:
xerces-c-3.1.1-8.el7_4.1.src.rpm
noarch:
xerces-c-doc-3.1.1-8.el7_4.1.noarch.rpm
x86_64:
xerces-c-3.1.1-8.el7_4.1.x86_64.rpm
xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-8.el7_4.1.i686.rpm
xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-8.el7_4.1.x86_64.rpm
xerces-c-devel-3.1.1-8.el7_4.1.i686.rpm
xerces-c-devel-3.1.1-8.el7_4.1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.4):
Source:
xerces-c-3.1.1-8.el7_4.1.src.rpm
ppc64:
xerces-c-3.1.1-8.el7_4.1.ppc.rpm
xerces-c-3.1.1-8.el7_4.1.ppc64.rpm
xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-8.el7_4.1.ppc.rpm
xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-8.el7_4.1.ppc64.rpm
ppc64le:
xerces-c-3.1.1-8.el7_4.1.ppc64le.rpm
xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-8.el7_4.1.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:
xerces-c-3.1.1-8.el7_4.1.s390.rpm
xerces-c-3.1.1-8.el7_4.1.s390x.rpm
xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-8.el7_4.1.s390.rpm
xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-8.el7_4.1.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
xerces-c-3.1.1-8.el7_4.1.i686.rpm
xerces-c-3.1.1-8.el7_4.1.x86_64.rpm
xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-8.el7_4.1.i686.rpm
xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-8.el7_4.1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional EUS (v. 7.4):
noarch:
xerces-c-doc-3.1.1-8.el7_4.1.noarch.rpm
ppc64:
xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-8.el7_4.1.ppc.rpm
xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-8.el7_4.1.ppc64.rpm
xerces-c-devel-3.1.1-8.el7_4.1.ppc.rpm
xerces-c-devel-3.1.1-8.el7_4.1.ppc64.rpm
ppc64le:
xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-8.el7_4.1.ppc64le.rpm
xerces-c-devel-3.1.1-8.el7_4.1.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:
xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-8.el7_4.1.s390.rpm
xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-8.el7_4.1.s390x.rpm
xerces-c-devel-3.1.1-8.el7_4.1.s390.rpm
xerces-c-devel-3.1.1-8.el7_4.1.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-8.el7_4.1.i686.rpm
xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-8.el7_4.1.x86_64.rpm
xerces-c-devel-3.1.1-8.el7_4.1.i686.rpm
xerces-c-devel-3.1.1-8.el7_4.1.x86_64.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/
Topic
An update for xerces-c is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4Extended Update Support.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fromthe CVE link(s) in the References section.
Topic
Relevant Releases Architectures
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional EUS (v. 7.4) - noarch, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.4) - ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional EUS (v. 7.4) - noarch, ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
Bugs Fixed
1348845 - CVE-2016-4463 xerces-c: Stack overflow when parsing deeply nested DTD