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Debian LTS Advisory ([SECURITY] [DLA 1860-1] libxslt security update)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
The remote host is missing an update for the 'libxslt' package(s) announced via the DSA-1860-1 advisory.
Insight
Insight
Several vulnerabilities were found in libxslt the XSLT 1.0 processing library. CVE-2016-4610 Invalid memory access leading to DoS at exsltDynMapFunction. libxslt allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors. CVE-2016-4609 Out-of-bounds read at xmlGetLineNoInternal() libxslt allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors. CVE-2019-13117 An xsl:number with certain format strings could lead to an uninitialized read in xsltNumberFormatInsertNumbers. This could allow an attacker to discern whether a byte on the stack contains the characters A, a, I, i, or 0, or any other character. CVE-2019-13118 A type holding grouping characters of an xsl:number instruction was too narrow and an invalid character/length combination could be passed to xsltNumberFormatDecimal, leading to a read of uninitialized stack data.
Affected Software
Affected Software
'libxslt' package(s) on Debian Linux.
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
For Debian 8 'Jessie', these problems have been fixed in version 1.1.28-2+deb8u5. We recommend that you upgrade your libxslt packages.