[Buildroot] [PATCH 1/2] package/xerces: security bump to v3.2.5

Julien Olivain ju.o at free.fr
Tue Oct 21 20:10:44 UTC 2025


On 21/10/2025 18:23, Titouan Christophe via buildroot wrote:
> See the release notes:
> https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?version=12352411&projectId=10510
> 
> Also update the download site to https
> 
> This fixes the following vulnerability:
> - CVE-2024-23807:
>     The Apache Xerces C++ XML parser on versions 3.0.0 before 3.2.5
>     contains a use-after-free error triggered during the scanning of
>     external DTDs.  Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.2.5
>     which fixes the issue, or mitigate the issue by disabling DTD
>     processing. This can be accomplished via the DOM using a standard
>     parser feature, or via SAX using the XERCES_DISABLE_DTD environment
>     variable.  This issue has been disclosed before as CVE-2018-1311, 
> but
>     unfortunately that advisory incorrectly stated the issue would be
>     fixed in version 3.2.3 or 3.2.4.
>     https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-23807
> 
> Signed-off-by: Titouan Christophe <titouan.christophe at mind.be>

Series applied to master, thanks.


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