Out-of-Bounds Affecting xerces-c-devel package, versions <0:3.1.1-7.el7_1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Mature
EPSS
4.08% (93rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-XERCESCDEVEL-5043517
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed20 Mar 2015

Introduced: 20 Mar 2015

CVE-2015-0252  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 xerces-c-devel to version 0:3.1.1-7.el7_1 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2015:1193.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream xerces-c-devel package and not the xerces-c-devel package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

internal/XMLReader.cpp in Apache Xerces-C before 3.1.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault and crash) via crafted XML data.

CVSS Scores

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