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Posted on 29 June 2016
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Debian Security Advisory DSA-3610-1 security@debian.org
https://www.debian.org/security/ Salvatore Bonaccorso
June 29, 2016 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : xerces-c
CVE ID : CVE-2016-4463
Debian Bug : 828990
Brandon Perry discovered that xerces-c, a validating XML parser library
for C++, fails to successfully parse a DTD that is deeply nested,
causing a stack overflow. A remote unauthenticated attacker can take
advantage of this flaw to cause a denial of service against applications
using the xerces-c library.
Additionally this update includes an enhancement to enable applications
to fully disable DTD processing through the use of an environment
variable (XERCES_DISABLE_DTD).
For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in
version 3.1.1-5.1+deb8u3.
We recommend that you upgrade your xerces-c packages.
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
