Package        : xerces-c
Version        : 3.1.1-3+deb7u5
CVE ID         : CVE-2017-12627
Debian Bug     : 894050

Alberto Garcia, Francisco Oca and Suleman Ali of Offensive Research
discovered that the Xerces-C XML parser mishandles certain kinds of
external DTD references, resulting in dereference of a NULL pointer
while processing the path to the DTD. The bug allows for a denial of
service attack in applications that allow DTD processing and do not
prevent external DTD usage, and could conceivably result in remote code
execution.

For Debian 7 "Wheezy", these problems have been fixed in version
3.1.1-3+deb7u5.

We recommend that you upgrade your xerces-c packages.

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS

Debian LTS: DLA-1328-1: xerces-c security update

March 29, 2018
Alberto Garcia, Francisco Oca and Suleman Ali of Offensive Research discovered that the Xerces-C XML parser mishandles certain kinds of external DTD references, resulting in derefe...

Summary

We recommend that you upgrade your xerces-c packages.

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS


Severity
Package : xerces-c
Version : 3.1.1-3+deb7u5
CVE ID : CVE-2017-12627
Debian Bug : 894050

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