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TITLE:
Xerces-C++ "maxOccurs" Denial of Service Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA32108

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http://secunia.com/advisories/32108/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
DoS

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
Xerces-C++ 2.x
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/3991/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in Xerces-C++, which can be
exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the XML parser when
processing specially crafted XML files. This can be exploited to
cause a crash via an overly large "maxOccurs" value included in an
XML schema.

The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 3.0.0.

SOLUTION:
Upgrade to version 3.0.0.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by Frank Rast in a Xerces-C++ bug report.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/XERCESC-1051
http://xerces.apache.org/xerces-c/releases.html

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