MGASA-2014-0398

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    MGASA-2014-0398

    Published: 7 Oct 2014Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2013-4002

    Summary: Updated xerces-j2 packages fix CVE-2013-4002

    Details: Updated xerces-j2 packages fix security vulnerability: A resource consumption issue was found in the way Xerces-J handled XML declarations. A remote attacker could use an XML document with a specially crafted declaration using a long pseudo-attribute name that, when parsed by an application using Xerces-J, would cause that application to use an excessive amount of CPU (CVE-2013-4002).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0398.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14176, https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1319.html, http://www.mandriva.com/en/support/security/advisories/mbs1/MDVSA-2014%3A193/

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: xerces-j2

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/xerces-j2?arch=source&distro=mageia-3

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.11.0-8.1.mga3

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
    MGASA-2014-0398 | CVE-DB