Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
Apache Xerces for Java (Xerces-J) is a high performance, standards compliant, validating XML parser written in Java. The xerces-j2 packages provide Xerces-J version 2.
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)
All xerces-j2 users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue. Applications using the Xerces-J must be restarted for this update to take effect.
Affected
xerces-j2 on CentOS 7
References
Updated on 2015-03-25
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2013-4002 -
CVSS Base Score: 7.1
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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