6.8 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
8.1 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
8.3 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.014 Low
EPSS
Percentile
86.6%
Issue Overview:
A use-after-free vulnerability was found in xerces-c in the way an XML document is processed via the SAX API. Applications that process XML documents with an external Document Type Definition (DTD) may be vulnerable to this flaw. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw by creating a specially crafted XML file that would crash the application or potentially lead to arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2018-1311)
Affected Packages:
xerces-c
Note:
This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.
Issue Correction:
Run yum update xerces-c to update your system.
New Packages:
aarch64:
xerces-c-3.1.1-10.amzn2.aarch64
xerces-c-devel-3.1.1-10.amzn2.aarch64
xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-10.amzn2.aarch64
i686:
xerces-c-3.1.1-10.amzn2.i686
xerces-c-devel-3.1.1-10.amzn2.i686
xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-10.amzn2.i686
noarch:
xerces-c-doc-3.1.1-10.amzn2.noarch
src:
xerces-c-3.1.1-10.amzn2.src
x86_64:
xerces-c-3.1.1-10.amzn2.x86_64
xerces-c-devel-3.1.1-10.amzn2.x86_64
xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-10.amzn2.x86_64
Red Hat: CVE-2018-1311
Mitre: CVE-2018-1311
OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Amazon Linux | 2 | aarch64 | xerces-c | < 3.1.1-10.amzn2 | xerces-c-3.1.1-10.amzn2.aarch64.rpm |
Amazon Linux | 2 | aarch64 | xerces-c-devel | < 3.1.1-10.amzn2 | xerces-c-devel-3.1.1-10.amzn2.aarch64.rpm |
Amazon Linux | 2 | aarch64 | xerces-c-debuginfo | < 3.1.1-10.amzn2 | xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-10.amzn2.aarch64.rpm |
Amazon Linux | 2 | i686 | xerces-c | < 3.1.1-10.amzn2 | xerces-c-3.1.1-10.amzn2.i686.rpm |
Amazon Linux | 2 | i686 | xerces-c-devel | < 3.1.1-10.amzn2 | xerces-c-devel-3.1.1-10.amzn2.i686.rpm |
Amazon Linux | 2 | i686 | xerces-c-debuginfo | < 3.1.1-10.amzn2 | xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-10.amzn2.i686.rpm |
Amazon Linux | 2 | noarch | xerces-c-doc | < 3.1.1-10.amzn2 | xerces-c-doc-3.1.1-10.amzn2.noarch.rpm |
Amazon Linux | 2 | x86_64 | xerces-c | < 3.1.1-10.amzn2 | xerces-c-3.1.1-10.amzn2.x86_64.rpm |
Amazon Linux | 2 | x86_64 | xerces-c-devel | < 3.1.1-10.amzn2 | xerces-c-devel-3.1.1-10.amzn2.x86_64.rpm |
Amazon Linux | 2 | x86_64 | xerces-c-debuginfo | < 3.1.1-10.amzn2 | xerces-c-debuginfo-3.1.1-10.amzn2.x86_64.rpm |
6.8 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
8.1 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
8.3 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.014 Low
EPSS
Percentile
86.6%