Bug 770763 – dev-libs/xerces-c: XML parser contains a use-after-free error triggered during the scanning of external DTDs

• Status: CONFIRMED
• Product: Gentoo Security

[Description Andreas Sturmlechner 2021-02-15 09:25:55 UTC]

See also: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/XERCESC-2188
https://salsa.debian.org/bblough/xerces-c/-/blob/debian/master/debian/patches/CVE-2018-1311-mitigation.patch

At least Debian and RHEL6-7 seem to apply the non-upstream patch, with Fedora seemingly unsure.

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[Comment 7 John Helmert III 2021-11-16 15:45:32 UTC]

There's an apparently leaky fix here: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/XERCESC-2188

[Comment 8 John Helmert III 2024-02-19 00:11:46 UTC]

And there appears to be a better fix here, with a new CVE and advisory: https://github.com/apache/xerces-c/pull/54

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/02/16/1