Description
XMLscanner.java in Apache Xerces2 Java Parser before 2.12.0, as used in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) in IBM Java 5.0 before 5.0 SR16-FP3, 6 before 6 SR14, 6.0.1 before 6.0.1 SR6, and 7 before 7 SR5 as well as Oracle Java SE 7u40 and earlier, Java SE 6u60 and earlier, Java SE 5.0u51 and earlier, JRockit R28.2.8 and earlier, JRockit R27.7.6 and earlier, Java SE Embedded 7u40 and earlier, and possibly other products allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via vectors related to XML attribute names.
Remediation
References
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/jdk/alerts/#IBM_Security_Update_July_2013
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21644197
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-08/msg00000.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-08/msg00003.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00026.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00027.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1081.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1060.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/61310
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00028.html
http://www.ibm.com/connections/blogs/PSIRT/entry/security_bulletin_ibm_filenet_content_manager_and_ibm_content_foundation_xml_4j_denial_of_service_attack_cve_2013_4002
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21648172
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1440.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1451.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1447.html
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5982
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Oct/msg00001.html
http://www.hitachi.co.jp/Prod/comp/soft1/global/security/info/vuls/HS13-025/index.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-11/msg00023.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2033-1
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-11/msg00010.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1505.html
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IC98015
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21657539
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=138674073720143&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=138674031212883&w=2
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21653371
http://secunia.com/advisories/56257
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1059.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2089-1
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-32.xml
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1822.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1818.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1821.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1823.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0675.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0720.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0765.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0773.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/85260
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00029.html
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:0414
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2013-1899837.html
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/XERCESJ-1679
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/xerces/java/trunk/src/org/apache/xerces/impl/XMLScanner.java?r1=965250&r2=1499506&view=patch
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/49dc6702104a86ecbb40292dcd329ce9ae4c32b74733199ecab14a73%40%3Cj-users.xerces.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/708d94141126eac03011144a971a6411fcac16d9c248d1d535a39451%40%3Csolr-user.lucene.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r204ba2a9ea750f38d789d2bb429cc0925ad6133deea7cbc3001d96b5%40%3Csolr-user.lucene.apache.org%3E
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