The XMLTooling library all versions prior to V3.0.4, provided with the OpenSAML and Shibboleth Service Provider software, contains an XML parsing class. Invalid data in the XML declaration causes an exception of a type that was not handled properly in the parser class and propagates an unexpected exception type.

This update for xmltooling fixes the following issue :

Security issue fixed: &#9; 

  - CVE-2019-9628: Fixed an improper handling of exception     in XMLTooling library which could result in denial of     service against the application using XMLTooling     (bsc#1129537).

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12-SP1:Update update project.

This update for xmltooling fixes the following issues: &#9; Security issue fixed: &#9; 

  - CVE-2019-9628: Fixed an improper handling of exception     in XMLTooling library which could result in denial of     service against the application using XMLTooling     (bsc#1129537).

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.

This update for xmltooling fixes the following issues :

Security issue fixed :

CVE-2019-9628: Fixed an improper handling of exception in XMLTooling library which could result in denial of service against the application using XMLTooling (bsc#1129537).

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.

This update for xmltooling fixes the following issue :

Security issue fixed :

CVE-2019-9628: Fixed an improper handling of exception in XMLTooling library which could result in denial of service against the application using XMLTooling (bsc#1129537).

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.

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-3921-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that XMLTooling incorrectly handled certain XML files with invalid data. An attacker     could use this issue to cause XMLTooling to crash, resulting in a denial of service.

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

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

Ross Geerlings discovered that the XMLTooling library didn't correctly handle exceptions on malformed XML declarations, which could result in denial of service against the application using XMLTooling.

For Debian 8 'Jessie', this problem has been fixed in version 1.5.3-2+deb8u4.

We recommend that you upgrade your xmltooling packages.

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.

Ross Geerlings discovered that the XMLTooling library didn't correctly handle exceptions on malformed XML declarations, which could result in denial of service against the application using XMLTooling.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
124313	openSUSE Security Update : xmltooling (openSUSE-2019-1276)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
124186	openSUSE Security Update : xmltooling (openSUSE-2019-1235)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
123998	SUSE SLES15 Security Update : xmltooling (SUSE-SU-2019:0929-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
123997	SUSE SLES12 Security Update : xmltooling (SUSE-SU-2019:0928-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
123414	Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : XMLTooling vulnerability (USN-3921-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
122825	Debian DLA-1710-1 : xmltooling security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high
122794	Debian DSA-4407-1 : xmltooling - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high

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