MDVSA-2009:223-1 -- Mandriva xerces-cID: oval:org.secpod.oval:def:300648 | Date: (C)2012-01-07 (M)2021-06-02 |
Class: PATCH | Family: unix |
A vulnerability has been found and corrected in xerces-c: Stack consumption vulnerability in validators/DTD/DTDScanner.cpp in Apache Xerces C++ 2.7.0 and 2.8.0 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service via vectors involving nested parentheses and invalid byte values in simply nested DTD structures, as demonstrated by the Codenomicon XML fuzzing framework . This update provides a solution to this vulnerability. Update: Packages for 2008.0 are being provided due to extended support for Corporate products.
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Mandriva Linux 2008.0 |