Red Hat Security Advisory 2016-0430-01 - Xerces-C is a validating XML parser written in a portable subset of C++. It was discovered that the Xerces-C XML parser did not properly process certain XML input. By providing specially crafted XML data to an application using Xerces-C for XML processing, a remote attacker could exploit this flaw to cause an application crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the application.
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Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Important: xerces-c security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2016:0430-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0430.html
Issue date: 2016-03-10
CVE Names: CVE-2016-0729
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1. Summary:
Updated xerces-c packages that fix one security issue are now available
for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important security
impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which
gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the
References section.
2. Relevant releases/architectures:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) - noarch, ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64
3. Description:
Xerces-C is a validating XML parser written in a portable subset of C++.
It was discovered that the Xerces-C XML parser did not properly process
certain XML input. By providing specially crafted XML data to an
application using Xerces-C for XML processing, a remote attacker could
exploit this flaw to cause an application crash or, possibly, execute
arbitrary code with the privileges of the application. (CVE-2016-0729)
Red Hat would like to thank Gustavo Grieco for reporting this issue.
All xerces-c users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which
contain a backported patch to correct this issue. After installing the
update, all applications using Xerces-C must be restarted for the update
to take effect.
4. Solution:
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.
For details on how to apply this update, refer to:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):
1312231 - CVE-2016-0729 xerces-c: parser crashes on malformed input
6. Package List:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7):
Source:
xerces-c-3.1.1-8.el7_2.src.rpm
noarch:
xerces-c-doc-3.1.1-8.el7_2.noarch.rpm
x86_64:
xerces-c-3.1.1-8.el7_2.i686.rpm
xerces-c-3.1.1-8.el7_2.x86_64.rpm
xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-8.el7_2.i686.rpm
xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-8.el7_2.x86_64.rpm
xerces-c-devel-3.1.1-8.el7_2.i686.rpm
xerces-c-devel-3.1.1-8.el7_2.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7):
Source:
xerces-c-3.1.1-8.el7_2.src.rpm
noarch:
xerces-c-doc-3.1.1-8.el7_2.noarch.rpm
x86_64:
xerces-c-3.1.1-8.el7_2.x86_64.rpm
xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-8.el7_2.i686.rpm
xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-8.el7_2.x86_64.rpm
xerces-c-devel-3.1.1-8.el7_2.i686.rpm
xerces-c-devel-3.1.1-8.el7_2.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):
Source:
xerces-c-3.1.1-8.el7_2.src.rpm
ppc64:
xerces-c-3.1.1-8.el7_2.ppc.rpm
xerces-c-3.1.1-8.el7_2.ppc64.rpm
xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-8.el7_2.ppc.rpm
xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-8.el7_2.ppc64.rpm
ppc64le:
xerces-c-3.1.1-8.el7_2.ppc64le.rpm
xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-8.el7_2.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:
xerces-c-3.1.1-8.el7_2.s390.rpm
xerces-c-3.1.1-8.el7_2.s390x.rpm
xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-8.el7_2.s390.rpm
xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-8.el7_2.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
xerces-c-3.1.1-8.el7_2.i686.rpm
xerces-c-3.1.1-8.el7_2.x86_64.rpm
xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-8.el7_2.i686.rpm
xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-8.el7_2.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7):
noarch:
xerces-c-doc-3.1.1-8.el7_2.noarch.rpm
ppc64:
xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-8.el7_2.ppc.rpm
xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-8.el7_2.ppc64.rpm
xerces-c-devel-3.1.1-8.el7_2.ppc.rpm
xerces-c-devel-3.1.1-8.el7_2.ppc64.rpm
ppc64le:
xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-8.el7_2.ppc64le.rpm
xerces-c-devel-3.1.1-8.el7_2.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:
xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-8.el7_2.s390.rpm
xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-8.el7_2.s390x.rpm
xerces-c-devel-3.1.1-8.el7_2.s390.rpm
xerces-c-devel-3.1.1-8.el7_2.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-8.el7_2.i686.rpm
xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-8.el7_2.x86_64.rpm
xerces-c-devel-3.1.1-8.el7_2.i686.rpm
xerces-c-devel-3.1.1-8.el7_2.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7):
Source:
xerces-c-3.1.1-8.el7_2.src.rpm
x86_64:
xerces-c-3.1.1-8.el7_2.i686.rpm
xerces-c-3.1.1-8.el7_2.x86_64.rpm
xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-8.el7_2.i686.rpm
xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-8.el7_2.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7):
noarch:
xerces-c-doc-3.1.1-8.el7_2.noarch.rpm
x86_64:
xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-8.el7_2.i686.rpm
xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-8.el7_2.x86_64.rpm
xerces-c-devel-3.1.1-8.el7_2.i686.rpm
xerces-c-devel-3.1.1-8.el7_2.x86_64.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/
7. References:
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0729
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
8. Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>. More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
Copyright 2016 Red Hat, Inc.
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