SB2016040706 - Fedora 23 update for xerces-c
Published: April 7, 2016 Updated: April 24, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2016040706
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Memory corruption (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-0729)
The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.The weakness exists in the Apache Xerces-C XML Parser library due to improper bounds checking during processing and error reporting. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted input documents and cause the library to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.