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libxslt XSL File Processing Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA30315
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Release Date:
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2008-05-21
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Popularity:
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2,336 views
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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DoS
System access
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | libxslt 1.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2008-1767
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in libxslt, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and potentially to compromise a vulnerable system.
The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the handling of XSL style-sheet files. This can potentially be exploited to trigger the use of uninitialized memory in e.g. a call to "free()" when a specially crafted XSL file is being processed by an application using the library.
Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code.
Solution:
Reportedly fixed in version 1.1.24.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Red Hat credits Anthony de Almeida Lopes.
Original Advisory:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=446809
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=527297
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