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commit a9d0b8da03902d9a5f3165ab842edfeb1a51b69c
Author: Scott Cantor <scan...@apache.org>
AuthorDate: Wed Jun 29 14:14:59 2016 +0000
Add advisory to site
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https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/xerces/c/branches/xerces-3.1@1750649
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doc/html/secadv/CVE-2016-4463.txt | 58 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
doc/secadv.xml | 8 ++++++
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+CVE-2016-4463: Apache Xerces-C XML Parser Crashes on Malformed DTD
+
+Severity: Important
+
+Vendor: The Apache Software Foundation
+
+Versions Affected: Apache Xerces-C XML Parser library versions
+prior to V3.1.4
+
+Description: The Xerces-C XML parser fails to successfully parse a
+DTD that is deeply nested, and this causes a stack overflow, which
+makes a denial of service attack against many applications possible
+by an unauthenticated attacker.
+
+Mitigation: Applications that are using library versions older than
+V3.1.4 should upgrade as soon as possible. Distributors of older
+versions should apply the patches from this subversion revision:
+
+http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1747619
+
+Note that the nesting limit is currently implemented as a compile-time
+constant in order to maintain ABI-compatibility.
+
+In addition, a related enhancement was made to enable applications
+to fully disable DTD processing through the use of an environment
+variable. Distributors of older versions are urged to incorporate
+this patch to enable applications to more fully protect themselves
+from future issues if they do not require DTD support. This change
+is ABI-compatible and can be found in this subversion revision:
+
+http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1747620
+
+Credit: This issue was reported by Brandon Perry.
+
+References:
+http://xerces.apache.org/xerces-c/secadv/CVE-2016-4463.txt
+
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diff --git a/doc/secadv.xml b/doc/secadv.xml
index 44d6b56..9494f46 100644
--- a/doc/secadv.xml
+++ b/doc/secadv.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,14 @@
<s1 title="Security Advisories">
+<s2 title="Addressed in 3.1.4 and Later Releases">
+<p>The following security advisories apply to versions of
+Xerces-C older than V3.1.4:</p>
+<ul>
+ <li><jump href="secadv/CVE-2016-4463.txt">CVE-2016-4463: Apache Xerces-C XML
Parser Crashes on Malformed DTD</jump></li>
+</ul>
+</s2>
+
<s2 title="Addressed in 3.1.3 and Later Releases">
<p>The following security advisories apply to versions of
Xerces-C older than V3.1.3:</p>
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