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Ubuntu: USN-4784-1 (CVE-2017-12627): Xerces-C++ vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-4784-1 (CVE-2017-12627): Xerces-C++ vulnerabilities

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
03/01/2018
Created
03/29/2023
Added
03/22/2023
Modified
03/22/2023

Description

In Apache Xerces-C XML Parser library before 3.2.1, processing of external DTD paths can result in a null pointer dereference under certain conditions.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-libxerces-c-dev
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libxerces-c-doc
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libxerces-c-samples
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libxerces-c3-1
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libxerces-c3-2

References

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