SUSE-SU-2016:1026-1

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    SUSE-SU-2016:1026-1

    Published: 13 Apr 2016Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2016-0729
    Aliases:
    CVE-2016-0729

    Summary: Security update for xerces-c

    Details: This update for xerces-c fixes the following security issue: - CVE-2016-0729: Fixed mishandling certain kinds of malformed input documents, that resulted in buffer overlows during processing and error reporting. The overflows can manifest as a segmentation fault or as memory corruption during a parse operation. (bsc#966822)

    References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2016/suse-su-20161026-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/966822, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0729

    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 -3.1.1-7.1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
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    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
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    High