SUSE-SU-2015:0597-1

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    SUSE-SU-2015:0597-1

    Published: 9 Mar 2015Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-0252
    Aliases:
    CVE-2015-0252

    Summary: Security update for Xerces-C

    Details: The Xerces-C XML parsing library was updated to fix mishandling certain kinds of malformed input documents, that could have resulted in a segmentation faults during a parse operation, leading to denial of service or potential code execution. (bnc#920810,CVE-2015-0252)

    References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2015/suse-su-20150597-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/920810, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-0252

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: xerces-c

    Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/xerces-c&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.1.1-4.1

    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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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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