SB2015032014 - Fedora 22 update for xerces-c
Published: March 20, 2015 Updated: April 24, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2015032014
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-0252)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
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.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.