CVE-2016-4463

NameCVE-2016-4463
DescriptionStack-based buffer overflow in Apache Xerces-C++ before 3.1.4 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service via a deeply nested DTD.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-535-1, DSA-3610-1
Debian Bugs828990

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
xerces-c (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)3.1.1-5.1+deb8u6fixed
stretch (security)3.1.4+debian-2+deb9u2fixed
stretch (lts), stretch3.1.4+debian-2+deb9u3fixed
buster (security), buster, buster (lts)3.2.2+debian-1+deb10u2fixed
bullseye3.2.3+debian-3+deb11u1fixed
bookworm3.2.4+debian-1fixed
sid, trixie3.2.4+debian-1.3fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
xerces-csourcewheezy3.1.1-3+deb7u4DLA-535-1
xerces-csourcejessie3.1.1-5.1+deb8u3DSA-3610-1
xerces-csource(unstable)3.1.3+debian-2.1828990

Notes

http://xerces.apache.org/xerces-c/secadv/CVE-2016-4463.txt

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