SUSE-SU-2016:2154-1

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    SUSE-SU-2016:2154-1

    Published: 25 Aug 2016Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026

    Summary: Security update for xerces-c

    Details: xerces-c was updated to fix one security issue. This security issue was fixed: - CVE-2016-2099: Use-after-free vulnerability in validators/DTD/DTDScanner.cpp in Apache Xerces C++ did not properly handle exceptions raised in the XMLReader class, which allowed context-dependent attackers to have unspecified impact via an invalid character in an XML document (bsc#979208). - CVE-2016-4463: Apache Xerces-C XML Parser crashed on malformed DTD (bnc#985860).

    References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2016/suse-su-20162154-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/979208, https://bugzilla.suse.com/985860, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2099, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4463

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: xerces-c

    Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/xerces-c&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP1

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.1.1-12.3

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
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    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Required
    Scope
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
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    High