[RHSA-2020:0704-01] Important: xerces-c security update

Wed Mar 4 15:16:10 UTC 2020

An update for xerces-c is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

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.

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 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.

4. 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

5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

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

6. Package List:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7):

Source:
xerces-c-3.1.1-10.el7_7.src.rpm

noarch:
xerces-c-doc-3.1.1-10.el7_7.noarch.rpm

x86_64:
xerces-c-3.1.1-10.el7_7.i686.rpm
xerces-c-3.1.1-10.el7_7.x86_64.rpm
xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-10.el7_7.i686.rpm
xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-10.el7_7.x86_64.rpm
xerces-c-devel-3.1.1-10.el7_7.i686.rpm
xerces-c-devel-3.1.1-10.el7_7.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7):

Source:
xerces-c-3.1.1-10.el7_7.src.rpm

noarch:
xerces-c-doc-3.1.1-10.el7_7.noarch.rpm

x86_64:
xerces-c-3.1.1-10.el7_7.x86_64.rpm
xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-10.el7_7.i686.rpm
xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-10.el7_7.x86_64.rpm
xerces-c-devel-3.1.1-10.el7_7.i686.rpm
xerces-c-devel-3.1.1-10.el7_7.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):

Source:
xerces-c-3.1.1-10.el7_7.src.rpm

ppc64:
xerces-c-3.1.1-10.el7_7.ppc.rpm
xerces-c-3.1.1-10.el7_7.ppc64.rpm
xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-10.el7_7.ppc.rpm
xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-10.el7_7.ppc64.rpm

ppc64le:
xerces-c-3.1.1-10.el7_7.ppc64le.rpm
xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-10.el7_7.ppc64le.rpm

s390x:
xerces-c-3.1.1-10.el7_7.s390.rpm
xerces-c-3.1.1-10.el7_7.s390x.rpm
xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-10.el7_7.s390.rpm
xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-10.el7_7.s390x.rpm

x86_64:
xerces-c-3.1.1-10.el7_7.i686.rpm
xerces-c-3.1.1-10.el7_7.x86_64.rpm
xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-10.el7_7.i686.rpm
xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-10.el7_7.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7):

noarch:
xerces-c-doc-3.1.1-10.el7_7.noarch.rpm

ppc64:
xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-10.el7_7.ppc.rpm
xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-10.el7_7.ppc64.rpm
xerces-c-devel-3.1.1-10.el7_7.ppc.rpm
xerces-c-devel-3.1.1-10.el7_7.ppc64.rpm

ppc64le:
xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-10.el7_7.ppc64le.rpm
xerces-c-devel-3.1.1-10.el7_7.ppc64le.rpm

s390x:
xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-10.el7_7.s390.rpm
xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-10.el7_7.s390x.rpm
xerces-c-devel-3.1.1-10.el7_7.s390.rpm
xerces-c-devel-3.1.1-10.el7_7.s390x.rpm

x86_64:
xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-10.el7_7.i686.rpm
xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-10.el7_7.x86_64.rpm
xerces-c-devel-3.1.1-10.el7_7.i686.rpm
xerces-c-devel-3.1.1-10.el7_7.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7):

Source:
xerces-c-3.1.1-10.el7_7.src.rpm

x86_64:
xerces-c-3.1.1-10.el7_7.i686.rpm
xerces-c-3.1.1-10.el7_7.x86_64.rpm
xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-10.el7_7.i686.rpm
xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-10.el7_7.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7):

noarch:
xerces-c-doc-3.1.1-10.el7_7.noarch.rpm

x86_64:
xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-10.el7_7.i686.rpm
xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-10.el7_7.x86_64.rpm
xerces-c-devel-3.1.1-10.el7_7.i686.rpm
xerces-c-devel-3.1.1-10.el7_7.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-2018-1311
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

8. Contact:

The Red Hat security contact is <secalert at redhat.com>. More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/

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