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Debian: DSA-4265: xml-security-c -- security update

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Debian: DSA-4265: xml-security-c -- security update

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
08/05/2018
Created
03/19/2019
Added
08/06/2018
Modified
03/23/2020

Description

It was discovered that the Apache XML Security for C++ library performed

insufficient validation of KeyInfo hints, which could result in denial

of service via NULL pointer dereferences when processing malformed XML

data.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-xml-security-c

References

  • DSA-4265

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