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Red Hat: CVE-2017-1000061: Moderate: xmlsec1 security update (RHSA-2017:2492)

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Red Hat: CVE-2017-1000061: Moderate: xmlsec1 security update (RHSA-2017:2492)

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P)
Published
07/17/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
08/21/2017
Modified
03/03/2021

Description

xmlsec 1.2.23 and before is vulnerable to XML External Entity Expansion when parsing crafted input documents, resulting in possible information disclosure or denial of service

Solution(s)

  • redhat-upgrade-xmlsec1
  • redhat-upgrade-xmlsec1-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-xmlsec1-devel
  • redhat-upgrade-xmlsec1-gcrypt
  • redhat-upgrade-xmlsec1-gcrypt-devel
  • redhat-upgrade-xmlsec1-gnutls
  • redhat-upgrade-xmlsec1-gnutls-devel
  • redhat-upgrade-xmlsec1-nss
  • redhat-upgrade-xmlsec1-nss-devel
  • redhat-upgrade-xmlsec1-openssl
  • redhat-upgrade-xmlsec1-openssl-devel

References

  • CVE-2017-1000061
  • RHSA-2017:2492

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