[RHSA-2018:3335-01] Moderate: xerces-c security update

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                   Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis:          Moderate: xerces-c security update
Advisory ID:       RHSA-2018:3335-01
Product:           Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL:      https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3335
Issue date:        2018-10-30
CVE Names:         CVE-2016-4463 
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1. Summary:

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 Moderate. 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
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server Optional (v. 7) - aarch64, noarch, ppc64le, s390x

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: Stack overflow when parsing deeply nested DTD (CVE-2016-4463)

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

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 7.6 Release Notes linked from 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/):

1348845 - CVE-2016-4463 xerces-c: Stack overflow when parsing deeply nested DTD

6. Package List:

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

Source:
xerces-c-3.1.1-9.el7.src.rpm

noarch:
xerces-c-doc-3.1.1-9.el7.noarch.rpm

x86_64:
xerces-c-3.1.1-9.el7.i686.rpm
xerces-c-3.1.1-9.el7.x86_64.rpm
xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-9.el7.i686.rpm
xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-9.el7.x86_64.rpm
xerces-c-devel-3.1.1-9.el7.i686.rpm
xerces-c-devel-3.1.1-9.el7.x86_64.rpm

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

Source:
xerces-c-3.1.1-9.el7.src.rpm

noarch:
xerces-c-doc-3.1.1-9.el7.noarch.rpm

x86_64:
xerces-c-3.1.1-9.el7.x86_64.rpm
xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-9.el7.i686.rpm
xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-9.el7.x86_64.rpm
xerces-c-devel-3.1.1-9.el7.i686.rpm
xerces-c-devel-3.1.1-9.el7.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):

Source:
xerces-c-3.1.1-9.el7.src.rpm

ppc64:
xerces-c-3.1.1-9.el7.ppc.rpm
xerces-c-3.1.1-9.el7.ppc64.rpm
xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-9.el7.ppc.rpm
xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-9.el7.ppc64.rpm

ppc64le:
xerces-c-3.1.1-9.el7.ppc64le.rpm
xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-9.el7.ppc64le.rpm

s390x:
xerces-c-3.1.1-9.el7.s390.rpm
xerces-c-3.1.1-9.el7.s390x.rpm
xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-9.el7.s390.rpm
xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-9.el7.s390x.rpm

x86_64:
xerces-c-3.1.1-9.el7.i686.rpm
xerces-c-3.1.1-9.el7.x86_64.rpm
xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-9.el7.i686.rpm
xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-9.el7.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7):

Source:
xerces-c-3.1.1-9.el7.src.rpm

aarch64:
xerces-c-3.1.1-9.el7.aarch64.rpm
xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-9.el7.aarch64.rpm

ppc64le:
xerces-c-3.1.1-9.el7.ppc64le.rpm
xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-9.el7.ppc64le.rpm

s390x:
xerces-c-3.1.1-9.el7.s390.rpm
xerces-c-3.1.1-9.el7.s390x.rpm
xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-9.el7.s390.rpm
xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-9.el7.s390x.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server Optional (v. 7):

aarch64:
xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-9.el7.aarch64.rpm
xerces-c-devel-3.1.1-9.el7.aarch64.rpm

noarch:
xerces-c-doc-3.1.1-9.el7.noarch.rpm

ppc64le:
xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-9.el7.ppc64le.rpm
xerces-c-devel-3.1.1-9.el7.ppc64le.rpm

s390x:
xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-9.el7.s390.rpm
xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-9.el7.s390x.rpm
xerces-c-devel-3.1.1-9.el7.s390.rpm
xerces-c-devel-3.1.1-9.el7.s390x.rpm

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

noarch:
xerces-c-doc-3.1.1-9.el7.noarch.rpm

ppc64:
xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-9.el7.ppc.rpm
xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-9.el7.ppc64.rpm
xerces-c-devel-3.1.1-9.el7.ppc.rpm
xerces-c-devel-3.1.1-9.el7.ppc64.rpm

ppc64le:
xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-9.el7.ppc64le.rpm
xerces-c-devel-3.1.1-9.el7.ppc64le.rpm

s390x:
xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-9.el7.s390.rpm
xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-9.el7.s390x.rpm
xerces-c-devel-3.1.1-9.el7.s390.rpm
xerces-c-devel-3.1.1-9.el7.s390x.rpm

x86_64:
xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-9.el7.i686.rpm
xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-9.el7.x86_64.rpm
xerces-c-devel-3.1.1-9.el7.i686.rpm
xerces-c-devel-3.1.1-9.el7.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7):

Source:
xerces-c-3.1.1-9.el7.src.rpm

x86_64:
xerces-c-3.1.1-9.el7.i686.rpm
xerces-c-3.1.1-9.el7.x86_64.rpm
xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-9.el7.i686.rpm
xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-9.el7.x86_64.rpm

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

noarch:
xerces-c-doc-3.1.1-9.el7.noarch.rpm

x86_64:
xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-9.el7.i686.rpm
xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-9.el7.x86_64.rpm
xerces-c-devel-3.1.1-9.el7.i686.rpm
xerces-c-devel-3.1.1-9.el7.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-2016-4463
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/html/7.6_release_notes/index

8. Contact:

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

Copyright 2018 Red Hat, Inc.
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