MGASA-2016-0243

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Source
https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0243.html
Import Source
https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0243.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MGASA-2016-0243
Related
Published
2016-07-05T15:47:08Z
Modified
2016-07-05T15:39:16Z
Summary
Updated xerces-c packages fix security vulnerability
Details

The Xerces-C XML parser fails to successfully parse a DTD that is deeply nested, and this causes a stack overflow, which makes a denial of service attack against many applications possible by an unauthenticated attacker (CVE-2016-4464).

References
Credits

Affected packages

Mageia:5 / xerces-c

Package

Name
xerces-c
Purl
pkg:rpm/mageia/xerces-c?arch=source&distro=mageia-5

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.1.2-1.3.mga5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "section": "core"
}