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Debian LTS Advisory ([SECURITY] [DLA 1860-1] libxslt security update)

Information

Severity

Severity

High

Family

Family

Debian Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

7.5

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

4 years ago

Modified

Modified

4 years ago

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.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)