Vulnerability from csaf_suse
Published
2022-02-18 09:53
Modified
2022-02-18 09:53
Summary
Security update for xerces-j2

Notes

Title of the patch
Security update for xerces-j2
Description of the patch
This update for xerces-j2 fixes the following issues: - CVE-2022-23437: Fixed infinite loop within Apache XercesJ xml parser (bsc#1195108).
Patchnames
sleposp3-xerces-j2-14889,slessp4-xerces-j2-14889
Terms of use
CSAF 2.0 data is provided by SUSE under the Creative Commons License 4.0 with Attribution (CC-BY-4.0).


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