CVE-2018-1311 log

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Severity	Medium
Remote	Yes
Type	Arbitrary code execution
Description	The Apache Xerces-C 3.0.0 to 3.2.3 XML parser contains a use-after-free error triggered during the scanning of external DTDs. This flaw has not been addressed in the maintained version of the library and has no current mitigation other than to disable DTD processing. This can be accomplished via the DOM using a standard parser feature, or via SAX using the XERCES_DISABLE_DTD environment variable.

Group	Package	Affected	Fixed	Severity	Status	Ticket
AVG-1354	xerces-c	3.2.3-5		Medium	Vulnerable

References
https://xerces.apache.org/xerces-c/secadv/CVE-2018-1311.txt https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/XERCESC-2188

Notes
Workaround ========== This issue can be mitigated by disabling DTD processing, e.g.using the XERCES_DISABLE_DTD environment variable.