[SECURITY] Fedora 15 Update: xml-security-c-1.5.1-5.fc15
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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2011-9494
2011-07-18 21:57:59
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Name : xml-security-c
Product : Fedora 15
Version : 1.5.1
Release : 5.fc15
URL : http://santuario.apache.org/c/
Summary : C++ Implementation of W3C security standards for XML
Description :
The xml-security-c library is a C++ implementation of the XML Digital Signature
specification. The library makes use of the Apache XML project's Xerces-C XML
Parser and Xalan-C XSLT processor. The latter is used for processing XPath and
XSLT transforms.
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Update Information:
Fix CVE-2011-2516: Apache Santuario XML Security for C++
contains buffer overflows signing or verifying with large keys.
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ChangeLog:
* Fri Jul 8 2011 Antti Andreimann <Antti.Andreimann(a)mail.ee> - 1.5.1-5
- Backported a patch to fix CVE-2011-2516 (#719698)
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References:
[ 1 ] Bug #719698 - CVE-2011-2516 xml-security-c: Stack-based buffer overflows when
creating or verifying XML Signatures with RSA keys of sizes >= 8192 bits
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=719698
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