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Debian Security Advisory DSA 3321-1 (xmltooling - security update)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
The InCommon Shibboleth Training team discovered that XMLTooling, a C++ XML parsing library, did not properly handle an exception when parsing well-formed but schema-invalid XML. This could allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via crafted XML data.
Affected Software
Affected Software
xmltooling on Debian Linux
Detection Method
Detection Method
This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.
Solution
Solution
For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 1.4.2-5+deb7u1. For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 1.5.3-2+deb8u1. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem will be fixed shortly. We recommend that you upgrade your xmltooling packages.