Use After Free Affecting libxerces-c-3_1-32bit package, versions <3.1.4-150200.10.11.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.3% (70th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES153-LIBXERCESC3132BIT-6226618
  • published2 Feb 2024
  • disclosed1 Feb 2024

Introduced: 1 Feb 2024

CVE-2018-1311  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.3 libxerces-c-3_1-32bit to version 3.1.4-150200.10.11.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libxerces-c-3_1-32bit package and not the libxerces-c-3_1-32bit package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.3 relevant fixed versions and status.

The Apache Xerces-C 3.0.0 to 3.2.3 XML parser contains a use-after-free error triggered during the scanning of external DTDs. This flaw has not been addressed in the maintained version of the library and has no current mitigation other than to disable DTD processing. This can be accomplished via the DOM using a standard parser feature, or via SAX using the XERCES_DISABLE_DTD environment variable.

References

CVSS Scores

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