MGASA-2018-0381

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    MGASA-2018-0381

    Published: 21 Sept 2018Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary: Updated xml-security-c packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: It was discovered that the Apache XML Security for C++ library performed insufficient validation of KeyInfo hints, which could result in denial of service via NULL pointer dereferences when processing malformed XML data.

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0381.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23401, https://issues.apache.org/jira/projects/SANTUARIO/issues/SANTUARIO-491

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: xml-security-c

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/xml-security-c?arch=source&distro=mageia-6

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.7.3-2.1.mga6

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Changed
    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
    None
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    Availability
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