internal/XMLReader.cpp in Apache Xerces-C before 3.1.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault and crash) via crafted XML data.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities that have been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched.

  - xerces-c: Use-after-free in heap on specially crafted XML input (CVE-2016-2099)

  - internal/XMLReader.cpp in Apache Xerces-C before 3.1.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of     service (segmentation fault and crash) via crafted XML data. (CVE-2015-0252)

  - Stack-based buffer overflow in Apache Xerces-C++ before 3.1.4 allows context-dependent attackers to cause     a denial of service via a deeply nested DTD. (CVE-2016-4463)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied on the package manager's report that the package is installed.

This update for xerces-c fixes the following security issues :

  - CVE-2016-0729: Fix for mishandling certain kinds of     malformed input documents, resulting in buffer overlows     during processing and error reporting. The overflows can     manifest as a segmentation fault or as memory corruption     during a parse operation. (boo#966822)

  - CVE-2015-0252: Fix for mishandling certain kinds of     malformed input documents, resulting in a segmentation     fault during a parse operation (boo#920810)

A flaw was found in the way the Xerces-C XML parser processed certain XML documents. A remote attacker could provide specially crafted XML input that, when parsed by an application using Xerces-C, would cause that application to crash. (CVE-2015-0252)

An updated xerces-c package that fixes one security issue is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Moderate 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.

Xerces-C is a validating XML parser written in a portable subset of C++.

A flaw was found in the way the Xerces-C XML parser processed certain XML documents. A remote attacker could provide specially crafted XML input that, when parsed by an application using Xerces-C, would cause that application to crash. (CVE-2015-0252)

All xerces-c users are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which contains a backported patch to correct this issue.

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2015-1193 advisory.

    [3.1.1-7]     Resolves: rhbz#1217104 CVE-2015-0252

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Xerces-C XML parsing library was updated to fix mishandling certain kinds of malformed input documents, that could have resulted in a segmentation faults during a parse operation, leading to denial of service or potential code execution. (bnc#920810,CVE-2015-0252)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Security fix for CVE-2015-0252.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Anton Rager and Jonathan Brossard from the Salesforce.com Product Security Team and Ben Laurie of Google discovered a denial of service vulnerability in xerces-c, a validating XML parser library for C++.
The parser mishandles certain kinds of malformed input documents, resulting in a segmentation fault during a parse operation. An unauthenticated attacker could use this flaw to cause an application using the xerces-c library to crash.

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Update to xerces-c 3.1.2, fixing CVE-2015-0252.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Anton Rager and Jonathan Brossard from the Salesforce.com Product Security Team and Ben Laurie of Google discovered a denial of service vulnerability in xerces-c, a validating XML parser library for C++.
The parser mishandles certain kinds of malformed input documents, resulting in a segmentation fault during a parse operation. An unauthenticated attacker could use this flaw to cause an application using the xerces-c library to crash.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
199305	RHEL 6 : xerces-c (Unpatched Vulnerability)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	critical
90418	openSUSE Security Update : xerces-c (openSUSE-2016-429)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	critical
84541	Scientific Linux Security Update : xerces-c on SL7.x x86_64 (20150629)	Nessus	Scientific Linux Local Security Checks	medium
84465	RHEL 7 : xerces-c (RHSA-2015:1193)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium
84463	Oracle Linux 7 : xerces-c (ELSA-2015-1193)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	high
84445	CentOS 7 : xerces-c (CESA-2015:1193)	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	medium
83706	SUSE SLED12 Security Update : Xerces-C (SUSE-SU-2015:0597-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
82439	Fedora 21 : mingw-xerces-c-3.1.1-11.fc21 (2015-4321)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
82437	Fedora 20 : xerces-c-3.1.1-6.fc20 (2015-4285)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
82436	Fedora 21 : xerces-c-3.1.1-8.fc21 (2015-4251)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
82434	Fedora 20 : mingw-xerces-c-3.1.1-9.fc20 (2015-4228)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
82298	Debian DLA-181-1 : xerces-c security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	medium
82285	Fedora 22 : mingw-xerces-c-3.1.2-1.fc22 (2015-4272)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
82282	Fedora 22 : xerces-c-3.1.2-1.fc22 (2015-4226)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
81983	Debian DSA-3199-1 : xerces-c - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	medium

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