[RHSA-2016:0430-01] Important: xerces-c security update

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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 vali[censored] 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 . More contact

details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/

 

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