(Sorry, sent to the wrong list).

Hi,

With all respect for the work, may I ask if there is any possibility to include a short description of the package's functionality in the security errata report? There was one included in the past as far as I remember. I'd find it more than practical to have it because it gives a useful info to sysadmins about which are of the system is affected. Which software layer etc.

Of course I could run a "yum info", just thought it may be good for everyone not having to.


Andras


On Mon, 29 Sep 2014 21:37:02 +0000
Pat Riehecky <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Synopsis:          Moderate: xerces-j2 security update
> Advisory ID:       SLSA-2014:1319-1
> Issue Date:        2014-09-29
> CVE Numbers:       CVE-2013-4002
> --
> 
> A resource consumption issue was found in the way Xerces-J handled XML
> declarations. A remote attacker could use an XML document with a specially
> crafted declaration using a long pseudo-attribute name that, when parsed
> by an application using Xerces-J, would cause that application to use an
> excessive amount of CPU. (CVE-2013-4002)
> 
> Applications using the Xerces-J must be restarted for this update to take
> effect.
> --
> 
> SL6
>   x86_64
>     xerces-j2-2.7.1-12.7.el6_5.x86_64.rpm
>     xerces-j2-debuginfo-2.7.1-12.7.el6_5.x86_64.rpm
>     xerces-j2-demo-2.7.1-12.7.el6_5.x86_64.rpm
>     xerces-j2-javadoc-apis-2.7.1-12.7.el6_5.x86_64.rpm
>     xerces-j2-javadoc-impl-2.7.1-12.7.el6_5.x86_64.rpm
>     xerces-j2-javadoc-other-2.7.1-12.7.el6_5.x86_64.rpm
>     xerces-j2-javadoc-xni-2.7.1-12.7.el6_5.x86_64.rpm
>     xerces-j2-scripts-2.7.1-12.7.el6_5.x86_64.rpm
>   i386
>     xerces-j2-2.7.1-12.7.el6_5.i686.rpm
>     xerces-j2-debuginfo-2.7.1-12.7.el6_5.i686.rpm
>     xerces-j2-demo-2.7.1-12.7.el6_5.i686.rpm
>     xerces-j2-javadoc-apis-2.7.1-12.7.el6_5.i686.rpm
>     xerces-j2-javadoc-impl-2.7.1-12.7.el6_5.i686.rpm
>     xerces-j2-javadoc-other-2.7.1-12.7.el6_5.i686.rpm
>     xerces-j2-javadoc-xni-2.7.1-12.7.el6_5.i686.rpm
>     xerces-j2-scripts-2.7.1-12.7.el6_5.i686.rpm
> 
> - Scientific Linux Development Team