Security update for xerces-c
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).
This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12:Update update project.
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Submitted by
P. Janouch (pjanouch)
Fixed bugs
bnc#979208
VUL-0: CVE-2016-2099: xerces: use-after-free in Xerces 3.1.3
bnc#985860
VUL-0: EMBARGOED: CVE-2016-4463: xerces-c: Apache Xerces-C XML Parser Crashes on Malformed DTD
