Bugzilla – Bug 1159552
VUL-0: CVE-2018-1311: xerces-c: the XML parser contains a use-after-free triggered during the scanning of external DTDs potentially leading to DOS
Last modified: 2022-02-11 18:47:38 UTC
CVE-2018-1311 The Apache Xerces-C 3.0.0 to 3.2.2 XML parser contains a use-after-free error triggered during the scanning of external DTDs. This flaw has not been addressed in the maintained version of the library and has no current mitigation other than to disable DTD processing. This can be accomplished via the DOM using a standard parser feature, or via SAX using the XERCES_DISABLE_DTD environment variable. References: http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2018-1311 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-1311 https://marc.info/?l=xerces-c-users&m=157653840106914&w=2
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/XERCESC-2188 ^ I don't see any progress upstream on this issue yet.
Still no progress. Should I try and fix it or is it okay to leave it like this until upstream provides a patch?
not sure .. we rated it important, but a good fix seems hard
There is a patch from RedHat that fixes this CVE, at the cost of a memory leak. https://salsa.debian.org/bblough/xerces-c/-/blob/debian/master/debian/patches/CVE-2018-1311-mitigation.patch
SLES15-SP3 has version 3.2.3, so it shouldn't be affected.
# maintenance_jira_update_notice SUSE-SU-2021:2920-1: An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available. Category: security (important) Bug References: 1159552 CVE References: CVE-2018-1311 JIRA References: Sources used: SUSE Manager Server 4.0 (src): xerces-c-3.1.4-3.6.1 SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0 (src): xerces-c-3.1.4-3.6.1 SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0 (src): xerces-c-3.1.4-3.6.1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15-SP1 (src): xerces-c-3.1.4-3.6.1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15 (src): xerces-c-3.1.4-3.6.1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP1-LTSS (src): xerces-c-3.1.4-3.6.1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP1-BCL (src): xerces-c-3.1.4-3.6.1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS (src): xerces-c-3.1.4-3.6.1 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP1-LTSS (src): xerces-c-3.1.4-3.6.1 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP1-ESPOS (src): xerces-c-3.1.4-3.6.1 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS (src): xerces-c-3.1.4-3.6.1 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS (src): xerces-c-3.1.4-3.6.1 SUSE Enterprise Storage 6 (src): xerces-c-3.1.4-3.6.1 SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 (src): xerces-c-3.1.4-3.6.1 NOTE: This line indicates an update has been released for the listed product(s). At times this might be only a partial fix. If you have questions please reach out to maintenance coordination.
# maintenance_jira_update_notice SUSE-SU-2021:2944-1: An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available. Category: security (important) Bug References: 1159552 CVE References: CVE-2018-1311 JIRA References: Sources used: SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5 (src): xerces-c-3.1.1-13.6.1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5 (src): xerces-c-3.1.1-13.6.1 NOTE: This line indicates an update has been released for the listed product(s). At times this might be only a partial fix. If you have questions please reach out to maintenance coordination.
# maintenance_jira_update_notice SUSE-SU-2021:2958-1: An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available. Category: security (important) Bug References: 1159552 CVE References: CVE-2018-1311 JIRA References: Sources used: SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP2 (src): xerces-c-3.1.4-10.3.1 NOTE: This line indicates an update has been released for the listed product(s). At times this might be only a partial fix. If you have questions please reach out to maintenance coordination.
# maintenance_jira_update_notice openSUSE-SU-2021:2958-1: An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available. Category: security (important) Bug References: 1159552 CVE References: CVE-2018-1311 JIRA References: Sources used: openSUSE Leap 15.3 (src): xerces-c-3.1.4-10.3.1
# maintenance_jira_update_notice openSUSE-SU-2021:1231-1: An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available. Category: security (important) Bug References: 1159552 CVE References: CVE-2018-1311 JIRA References: Sources used: openSUSE Leap 15.2 (src): xerces-c-3.1.4-lp152.5.3.1