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Oracle Linux: CVE-2016-4463: ELSA-2018-3335: xerces-c security update (MODERATE) (Multiple Advisories)

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Oracle Linux: CVE-2016-4463: ELSA-2018-3335: xerces-c security update (MODERATE) (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
06/29/2016
Created
05/08/2019
Added
11/06/2018
Modified
01/07/2025

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in Apache Xerces-C++ before 3.1.4 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service via a deeply nested DTD. A stack exhaustion flaw was found in the way Xerces-C XML parser handled deeply nested DTDs. An attacker could potentially use this flaw to crash an application using Xerces-C by tricking it into processing specially crafted data.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-xerces-c
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-xerces-c-devel
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-xerces-c-doc

References

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