Mandriva Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:223-1 (xerces-c)

Summary
The remote host is missing an update to xerces-c announced via advisory MDVSA-2009:223-1.
Solution
To upgrade automatically use MandrakeUpdate or urpmi. The verification of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you. https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=MDVSA-2009:223-1
Insight
A vulnerability has been found and corrected in xerces-c: Stack consumption vulnerability in validators/DTD/DTDScanner.cpp in Apache Xerces C++ 2.7.0 and 2.8.0 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via vectors involving nested parentheses and invalid byte values in simply nested DTD structures, as demonstrated by the Codenomicon XML fuzzing framework (CVE-2009-1885). This update provides a solution to this vulnerability. Update: Packages for 2008.0 are being provided due to extended support for Corporate products. Affected: 2008.0