xerces-c: CVE-2016-4463

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2016-4463  

Debian Bug report logs - #828990
xerces-c: CVE-2016-4463

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Reported by: Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>

Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2016 14:45:10 UTC

Severity: important

Tags: fixed-upstream, patch, security, upstream

Found in version xerces-c/3.1.1-3

Fixed in versions xerces-c/3.1.1-5.1+deb8u3, xerces-c/3.1.3+debian-2.1

Done: Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Report forwarded to debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org, carnil@debian.org, team@security.debian.org, secure-testing-team@lists.alioth.debian.org, William Blough <devel@blough.us>:
Bug#828990; Package src:xerces-c. (Wed, 29 Jun 2016 14:45:14 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Acknowledgement sent to Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>:
New Bug report received and forwarded. Copy sent to carnil@debian.org, team@security.debian.org, secure-testing-team@lists.alioth.debian.org, William Blough <devel@blough.us>. (Wed, 29 Jun 2016 14:45:14 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>
To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>
Subject: xerces-c: CVE-2016-4463
Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2016 16:43:56 +0200
Source: xerces-c
Version: 3.1.1-3
Severity: important
Tags: security upstream patch fixed-upstream

Hi,

the following vulnerability was published for xerces-c.

CVE-2016-4463[0]:
Apache Xerces-C XML Parser Crashes on Malformed DTD

If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-4463
[1] https://xerces.apache.org/xerces-c/secadv/CVE-2016-4463.txt

Note that I have already prepared the corresponding debdiffs for
jessie-security (and since was basically the same as well for
wheezy lts).

Regards,
Salvatore



Information forwarded to debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org, William Blough <devel@blough.us>:
Bug#828990; Package src:xerces-c. (Fri, 01 Jul 2016 12:51:04 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Acknowledgement sent to Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>:
Extra info received and forwarded to list. Copy sent to William Blough <devel@blough.us>. (Fri, 01 Jul 2016 12:51:05 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Message #10 received at 828990@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>
To: 828990@bugs.debian.org
Subject: xerces-c: diff for NMU version 3.1.3+debian-2.1
Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2016 14:47:50 +0200
[Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)]
Control: tags 828990 + pending

Hi,

I've prepared an NMU for xerces-c (versioned as 3.1.3+debian-2.1) and
uploaded it to DELAYED/10. Please feel free to tell me if I
should delay it longer.

Regards,
Salvatore
[xerces-c-3.1.3+debian-2.1-nmu.diff (text/x-diff, attachment)]

Added tag(s) pending. Request was from Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org> to 828990-submit@bugs.debian.org. (Fri, 01 Jul 2016 12:51:05 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Reply sent to Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>:
You have taken responsibility. (Mon, 04 Jul 2016 08:12:15 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Notification sent to Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>:
Bug acknowledged by developer. (Mon, 04 Jul 2016 08:12:15 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Message #17 received at 828990-close@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>
To: 828990-close@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Bug#828990: fixed in xerces-c 3.1.1-5.1+deb8u3
Date: Mon, 04 Jul 2016 08:08:48 +0000
Source: xerces-c
Source-Version: 3.1.1-5.1+deb8u3

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
xerces-c, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.

A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 828990@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org> (supplier of updated xerces-c package)

(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive
administrators by mailing ftpmaster@ftp-master.debian.org)


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Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2016 16:53:20 +0200
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Binary: libxerces-c3.1 libxerces-c-dev libxerces-c-doc libxerces-c-samples
Architecture: all source
Version: 3.1.1-5.1+deb8u3
Distribution: jessie-security
Urgency: high
Maintainer: Jay Berkenbilt <qjb@debian.org>
Changed-By: Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>
Closes: 828990
Description: 
 libxerces-c-dev - validating XML parser library for C++ (development files)
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 libxerces-c-samples - validating XML parser library for C++ (compiled samples)
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Changes:
 xerces-c (3.1.1-5.1+deb8u3) jessie-security; urgency=high
 .
   * Non-maintainer upload by the Security Team.
   * CVE-2016-4463: Apache Xerces-C XML Parser Crashes on Malformed DTD
     (Closes: #828990)
   * Enable the ability to disable DTD processing through the use of an env
     variable
   * Add NEWS.Debian entry to document the XERCES_DISABLE_DTD variable
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Reply sent to Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>:
You have taken responsibility. (Mon, 11 Jul 2016 13:39:22 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Notification sent to Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>:
Bug acknowledged by developer. (Mon, 11 Jul 2016 13:39:22 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Message #22 received at 828990-close@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>
To: 828990-close@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Bug#828990: fixed in xerces-c 3.1.3+debian-2.1
Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2016 13:36:53 +0000
Source: xerces-c
Source-Version: 3.1.3+debian-2.1

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
xerces-c, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.

A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 828990@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org> (supplier of updated xerces-c package)

(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive
administrators by mailing ftpmaster@ftp-master.debian.org)


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Date: Fri, 01 Jul 2016 14:28:51 +0200
Source: xerces-c
Binary: libxerces-c3.1 libxerces-c-dev libxerces-c-doc libxerces-c-samples
Architecture: source
Version: 3.1.3+debian-2.1
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: William Blough <devel@blough.us>
Changed-By: Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>
Closes: 828990
Description: 
 libxerces-c-dev - validating XML parser library for C++ (development files)
 libxerces-c-doc - validating XML parser library for C++ (documentation)
 libxerces-c-samples - validating XML parser library for C++ (compiled samples)
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Changes:
 xerces-c (3.1.3+debian-2.1) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   * Non-maintainer upload.
   * CVE-2016-4463: Apache Xerces-C XML Parser Crashes on Malformed DTD
     (Closes: #828990)
   * Enable the ability to disable DTD processing through the use of an env
     variable
   * Add NEWS.Debian entry to document the XERCES_DISABLE_DTD variable
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