Candidate: CVE-2016-4463
PublicDate: 2016-07-08 19:59:00 UTC
References:
 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-4463
 http://xerces.apache.org/xerces-c/secadv/CVE-2016-4463.txt
Description:
 Stack-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.
Ubuntu-Description:
 It was discovered that Xerces-C XML Parser fails to successfully parse a DTD
 that is too deeply nested. An unauthenticated attacker could use this
 vulnerability to cause a denial of service.
Notes:
Bugs:
 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=828990
Priority: medium
Discovered-by:
Assigned-to:
CVSS:
 nvd: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H [7.5 HIGH]

Patches_xerces-c:
 upstream: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1747619
upstream_xerces-c: released (3.1.3+debian-2.1, 3.1.1-5.1+deb8u3, 3.1.1-3+deb7u4)
precise_xerces-c: ignored (reached end-of-life)
precise/esm_xerces-c: DNE (precise was needed)
trusty_xerces-c: released (3.1.1-5.1+deb8u3build0.14.04.1)
trusty/esm_xerces-c: released (3.1.1-5.1+deb8u3build0.14.04.1)
vivid/stable-phone-overlay_xerces-c: DNE
vivid/ubuntu-core_xerces-c: DNE
wily_xerces-c: released (3.1.1-5.1+deb8u3build0.15.10.1)
xenial_xerces-c: ignored (end of standard support, was needed)
yakkety_xerces-c: ignored (reached end-of-life)
zesty_xerces-c: ignored (reached end-of-life)
artful_xerces-c: ignored (reached end-of-life)
bionic_xerces-c: not-affected (3.2.0+debian-2)
cosmic_xerces-c: not-affected (3.2.0+debian-2)
disco_xerces-c: not-affected (3.2.0+debian-2)
eoan_xerces-c: not-affected (3.2.0+debian-2)
focal_xerces-c: not-affected (3.2.0+debian-2)
groovy_xerces-c: not-affected (3.2.0+debian-2)
hirsute_xerces-c: not-affected (3.2.0+debian-2)
impish_xerces-c: not-affected (3.2.0+debian-2)
jammy_xerces-c: not-affected (3.2.0+debian-2)
devel_xerces-c: not-affected (3.2.0+debian-2)