CVE-2023-37536 — HCL BigFix Platform is vulnerable to an integer overflow in xerces-c++ 3.2.3

Affected: HCL Software BigFix Platform, hcltech bigfix_platform, fedoraproject fedora, apache xerces-c\+\+

An integer overflow in xerces-c++ 3.2.3 in BigFix Platform allows remote attackers to cause out-of-bound access via HTTP request.

USN-6590-1 — xerces-c vulnerabilities

Affected: Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS: xerces-c, Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS: xerces-c, Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS: xerces-c, Ubuntu:20.04:LTS: xerces-c, Ubuntu:22.04:LTS: xerces-c

It was discovered that Xerces-C++ was not properly handling memory management operations when parsing XML data containing external DTDs, which could trigger a use-after-free error. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted XML document, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2018-1311)

It was discovered that Xerces-C++ was not properly performing bounds checks when processing XML Schema Definition files, which could lead to an out-of-bounds access via an HTTP request. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted XSD file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2023-37536)

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CVE-2023-37536 — HCL BigFix Platform is vulnerable to an integer overflow in xerces-c++ 3.2.3

USN-6590-1 — xerces-c vulnerabilities