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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2020:0702 - Security Advisory
Issued:
2020-03-04
Updated:
2020-03-04

RHSA-2020:0702 - Security Advisory

  • Overview
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Synopsis

Important: xerces-c security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Important

Red Hat Insights patch analysis

Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.

View affected systems

Topic

An update for xerces-c is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Description

Xerces-C is a validating XML parser written in a portable subset of C++. Xerces-C makes it easy to give your application the ability to read and write XML data. A shared library is provided for parsing, generating, manipulating, and validating XML documents.

Security Fix(es):

  • xerces-c: XML parser contains a use-after-free error triggered during the scanning of external DTDs (CVE-2018-1311)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6 x86_64

Fixes

  • BZ - 1788472 - CVE-2018-1311 xerces-c: XML parser contains a use-after-free error triggered during the scanning of external DTDs

CVEs

  • CVE-2018-1311

References

  • https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
Note: More recent versions of these packages may be available. Click a package name for more details.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6

SRPM
xerces-c-3.0.1-21.el6_10.src.rpm SHA-256: a546520c0dd397beef0a71337db7b2abe16c14629a3d9bd7fae602107d63486f
x86_64
xerces-c-3.0.1-21.el6_10.i686.rpm SHA-256: c30e48366e6b6ef58714989f7c692cecf76ee453d9b6983dc39a3632aab5ee7d
xerces-c-3.0.1-21.el6_10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 93fd8dee139a10d96a81df7d2cf60ac2555383ff48528dc57b860ce8dde40bf0
xerces-c-debuginfo-3.0.1-21.el6_10.i686.rpm SHA-256: b6489cca2ef2fc81249f85fbdbab79a6b9a2a4ee5f409e13b386669e17efd5fb
xerces-c-debuginfo-3.0.1-21.el6_10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: a9b3271f71c3bbd318c7d0c3df34ad2bc6a103f60aa911b156398bb40a03bb8b
xerces-c-devel-3.0.1-21.el6_10.i686.rpm SHA-256: e5810d192b613466934ec03f13e2db2b8027fff0b3452ea3c227f4d396de2e37
xerces-c-devel-3.0.1-21.el6_10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: d006b9a0a47a2e3f407e60aab16dbc5c90dbebc9e8ef495da5d215940ccda851
xerces-c-doc-3.0.1-21.el6_10.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 03a74015ae5ca8d00203853dcff44e526b888e310e87dac5bc08ddbb2f9bbba6
i386
xerces-c-3.0.1-21.el6_10.i686.rpm SHA-256: c30e48366e6b6ef58714989f7c692cecf76ee453d9b6983dc39a3632aab5ee7d
xerces-c-debuginfo-3.0.1-21.el6_10.i686.rpm SHA-256: b6489cca2ef2fc81249f85fbdbab79a6b9a2a4ee5f409e13b386669e17efd5fb
xerces-c-devel-3.0.1-21.el6_10.i686.rpm SHA-256: e5810d192b613466934ec03f13e2db2b8027fff0b3452ea3c227f4d396de2e37
xerces-c-doc-3.0.1-21.el6_10.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 03a74015ae5ca8d00203853dcff44e526b888e310e87dac5bc08ddbb2f9bbba6

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6

SRPM
xerces-c-3.0.1-21.el6_10.src.rpm SHA-256: a546520c0dd397beef0a71337db7b2abe16c14629a3d9bd7fae602107d63486f
x86_64
xerces-c-3.0.1-21.el6_10.i686.rpm SHA-256: c30e48366e6b6ef58714989f7c692cecf76ee453d9b6983dc39a3632aab5ee7d
xerces-c-3.0.1-21.el6_10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 93fd8dee139a10d96a81df7d2cf60ac2555383ff48528dc57b860ce8dde40bf0
xerces-c-debuginfo-3.0.1-21.el6_10.i686.rpm SHA-256: b6489cca2ef2fc81249f85fbdbab79a6b9a2a4ee5f409e13b386669e17efd5fb
xerces-c-debuginfo-3.0.1-21.el6_10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: a9b3271f71c3bbd318c7d0c3df34ad2bc6a103f60aa911b156398bb40a03bb8b
xerces-c-devel-3.0.1-21.el6_10.i686.rpm SHA-256: e5810d192b613466934ec03f13e2db2b8027fff0b3452ea3c227f4d396de2e37
xerces-c-devel-3.0.1-21.el6_10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: d006b9a0a47a2e3f407e60aab16dbc5c90dbebc9e8ef495da5d215940ccda851
xerces-c-doc-3.0.1-21.el6_10.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 03a74015ae5ca8d00203853dcff44e526b888e310e87dac5bc08ddbb2f9bbba6
i386
xerces-c-3.0.1-21.el6_10.i686.rpm SHA-256: c30e48366e6b6ef58714989f7c692cecf76ee453d9b6983dc39a3632aab5ee7d
xerces-c-debuginfo-3.0.1-21.el6_10.i686.rpm SHA-256: b6489cca2ef2fc81249f85fbdbab79a6b9a2a4ee5f409e13b386669e17efd5fb
xerces-c-devel-3.0.1-21.el6_10.i686.rpm SHA-256: e5810d192b613466934ec03f13e2db2b8027fff0b3452ea3c227f4d396de2e37
xerces-c-doc-3.0.1-21.el6_10.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 03a74015ae5ca8d00203853dcff44e526b888e310e87dac5bc08ddbb2f9bbba6

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6

SRPM
xerces-c-3.0.1-21.el6_10.src.rpm SHA-256: a546520c0dd397beef0a71337db7b2abe16c14629a3d9bd7fae602107d63486f
x86_64
xerces-c-3.0.1-21.el6_10.i686.rpm SHA-256: c30e48366e6b6ef58714989f7c692cecf76ee453d9b6983dc39a3632aab5ee7d
xerces-c-3.0.1-21.el6_10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 93fd8dee139a10d96a81df7d2cf60ac2555383ff48528dc57b860ce8dde40bf0
xerces-c-debuginfo-3.0.1-21.el6_10.i686.rpm SHA-256: b6489cca2ef2fc81249f85fbdbab79a6b9a2a4ee5f409e13b386669e17efd5fb
xerces-c-debuginfo-3.0.1-21.el6_10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: a9b3271f71c3bbd318c7d0c3df34ad2bc6a103f60aa911b156398bb40a03bb8b
xerces-c-devel-3.0.1-21.el6_10.i686.rpm SHA-256: e5810d192b613466934ec03f13e2db2b8027fff0b3452ea3c227f4d396de2e37
xerces-c-devel-3.0.1-21.el6_10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: d006b9a0a47a2e3f407e60aab16dbc5c90dbebc9e8ef495da5d215940ccda851
xerces-c-doc-3.0.1-21.el6_10.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 03a74015ae5ca8d00203853dcff44e526b888e310e87dac5bc08ddbb2f9bbba6
i386
xerces-c-3.0.1-21.el6_10.i686.rpm SHA-256: c30e48366e6b6ef58714989f7c692cecf76ee453d9b6983dc39a3632aab5ee7d
xerces-c-debuginfo-3.0.1-21.el6_10.i686.rpm SHA-256: b6489cca2ef2fc81249f85fbdbab79a6b9a2a4ee5f409e13b386669e17efd5fb
xerces-c-devel-3.0.1-21.el6_10.i686.rpm SHA-256: e5810d192b613466934ec03f13e2db2b8027fff0b3452ea3c227f4d396de2e37
xerces-c-doc-3.0.1-21.el6_10.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 03a74015ae5ca8d00203853dcff44e526b888e310e87dac5bc08ddbb2f9bbba6

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6

SRPM
xerces-c-3.0.1-21.el6_10.src.rpm SHA-256: a546520c0dd397beef0a71337db7b2abe16c14629a3d9bd7fae602107d63486f
x86_64
xerces-c-3.0.1-21.el6_10.i686.rpm SHA-256: c30e48366e6b6ef58714989f7c692cecf76ee453d9b6983dc39a3632aab5ee7d
xerces-c-3.0.1-21.el6_10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 93fd8dee139a10d96a81df7d2cf60ac2555383ff48528dc57b860ce8dde40bf0
xerces-c-debuginfo-3.0.1-21.el6_10.i686.rpm SHA-256: b6489cca2ef2fc81249f85fbdbab79a6b9a2a4ee5f409e13b386669e17efd5fb
xerces-c-debuginfo-3.0.1-21.el6_10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: a9b3271f71c3bbd318c7d0c3df34ad2bc6a103f60aa911b156398bb40a03bb8b
xerces-c-devel-3.0.1-21.el6_10.i686.rpm SHA-256: e5810d192b613466934ec03f13e2db2b8027fff0b3452ea3c227f4d396de2e37
xerces-c-devel-3.0.1-21.el6_10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: d006b9a0a47a2e3f407e60aab16dbc5c90dbebc9e8ef495da5d215940ccda851
xerces-c-doc-3.0.1-21.el6_10.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 03a74015ae5ca8d00203853dcff44e526b888e310e87dac5bc08ddbb2f9bbba6
i386
xerces-c-3.0.1-21.el6_10.i686.rpm SHA-256: c30e48366e6b6ef58714989f7c692cecf76ee453d9b6983dc39a3632aab5ee7d
xerces-c-debuginfo-3.0.1-21.el6_10.i686.rpm SHA-256: b6489cca2ef2fc81249f85fbdbab79a6b9a2a4ee5f409e13b386669e17efd5fb
xerces-c-devel-3.0.1-21.el6_10.i686.rpm SHA-256: e5810d192b613466934ec03f13e2db2b8027fff0b3452ea3c227f4d396de2e37
xerces-c-doc-3.0.1-21.el6_10.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 03a74015ae5ca8d00203853dcff44e526b888e310e87dac5bc08ddbb2f9bbba6

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6

SRPM
xerces-c-3.0.1-21.el6_10.src.rpm SHA-256: a546520c0dd397beef0a71337db7b2abe16c14629a3d9bd7fae602107d63486f
x86_64
xerces-c-3.0.1-21.el6_10.i686.rpm SHA-256: c30e48366e6b6ef58714989f7c692cecf76ee453d9b6983dc39a3632aab5ee7d
xerces-c-3.0.1-21.el6_10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 93fd8dee139a10d96a81df7d2cf60ac2555383ff48528dc57b860ce8dde40bf0
xerces-c-debuginfo-3.0.1-21.el6_10.i686.rpm SHA-256: b6489cca2ef2fc81249f85fbdbab79a6b9a2a4ee5f409e13b386669e17efd5fb
xerces-c-debuginfo-3.0.1-21.el6_10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: a9b3271f71c3bbd318c7d0c3df34ad2bc6a103f60aa911b156398bb40a03bb8b
xerces-c-devel-3.0.1-21.el6_10.i686.rpm SHA-256: e5810d192b613466934ec03f13e2db2b8027fff0b3452ea3c227f4d396de2e37
xerces-c-devel-3.0.1-21.el6_10.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: d006b9a0a47a2e3f407e60aab16dbc5c90dbebc9e8ef495da5d215940ccda851
xerces-c-doc-3.0.1-21.el6_10.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 03a74015ae5ca8d00203853dcff44e526b888e310e87dac5bc08ddbb2f9bbba6

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