Re: Need Help on XML Vulnerabilty of Apache Xerces Java

2010-02-03 Thread Atul Parti
Thanks for replying, I can seen that the issue has been fixed in 2.10.0 but still to be launched. https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/XERCESJ-1412. Can we compile any of Xerces Java 2.x with file as mention in the link below to resolve the issue. will it works http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?revi

Re: Need Help on XML Vulnerabilty of Apache Xerces Java

2010-02-02 Thread Mukul Gandhi
On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 8:07 PM, Atul Parti wrote: > When Xerces2 Java Parser 2.10.1 will be released. The plan to release, Xerces-J 2.10.0 was around this time. I think, we just need to wait for a release announcement :) PS: you may not include my email address, with the list address. This is n

Re: Need Help on XML Vulnerabilty of Apache Xerces Java

2010-02-02 Thread Atul Parti
When Xerces2 Java Parser 2.10.1 will be released. Regards Atul Parti On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 10:39 PM, Mukul Gandhi wrote: > It seems a fix for this was done in Xerces-J as specified in this JIRA > issue: > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/XERCESJ-1412 > > The current SVN code has this fix

Re: Need Help on XML Vulnerabilty of Apache Xerces Java

2010-02-01 Thread Michael Glavassevich
Atul Parti wrote on 01/29/2010 11:57:22 AM: > Thanks for replying, > > But when i visit the site > https://www.cert.fi/en/reports/2009/vulnerability2009085.html > > it shows that Apache Xerces Java, all versions has issued but does > not specify the which version has recyified. I doubt whomever

Re: Need Help on XML Vulnerabilty of Apache Xerces Java

2010-01-29 Thread Mukul Gandhi
On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 10:51 PM, Atul Parti wrote: > Is Xerces 2.x is backward compatible. Means we currently have Apache Xerces > Java 1.4.3. So can the fix version will work directly for us or do we need > to update the code to support the newer version API calls. If your application (if it's

Re: Need Help on XML Vulnerabilty of Apache Xerces Java

2010-01-29 Thread Atul Parti
Thanks for pointing out that theproblem has been resolve in Xerces2-J in 2.10.0. Is Xerces 2.x is backward compatible. Means we currently have Apache Xerces Java 1.4.3. So can the fix version will work directly for us or do we need to update the code to support the newer version API calls. With R

Re: Need Help on XML Vulnerabilty of Apache Xerces Java

2010-01-29 Thread Mukul Gandhi
It seems a fix for this was done in Xerces-J as specified in this JIRA issue: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/XERCESJ-1412 The current SVN code has this fix, and Xerces-J 2.10.0 should have this improvement. On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 10:27 PM, Atul Parti wrote: > Thanks for replying, > > But

Re: Need Help on XML Vulnerabilty of Apache Xerces Java

2010-01-29 Thread Atul Parti
Thanks for replying, But when i visit the site https://www.cert.fi/en/reports/2009/vulnerability2009085.html it shows that Apache Xerces Java, all versions has issued but does not specify the which version has recyified. That is the major concern. Currently it seems that all Apache Xerces Java ha

Re: Need Help on XML Vulnerabilty of Apache Xerces Java

2010-01-29 Thread Atul Parti
Hi Michael, thanks for the response, Does that mean Xerces2.x is not backward compatiable and in that case we would require for our code to modify to incorporate latest Xerces 2.x. Also does Xerces2.x has resolve the xml vulnerability issue. I need to identify which is the latest Xerces is handli

Re: Need Help on XML Vulnerabilty of Apache Xerces Java

2010-01-29 Thread Mukul Gandhi
I guess, a vulnerability issue was reported by community some time ago related to XML parsing. Here's some information about this: http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=6928 http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?revision=781488&view=revision >From these news items, it seems that Xerces-J was not affected

Re: Need Help on XML Vulnerabilty of Apache Xerces Java

2010-01-29 Thread Michael Glavassevich
Hi Atul, Xerces-J 1.4.3 is rather ancient. This release occurred before I arrived here so couldn't tell you what issues it may have had. I wouldn't assume the most recent report against Xerces 2.x would apply since 1.4.x is a completely different codebase and may never have had that problem. Tha