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Debian LTS Advisory ([SECURITY] [DLA 866-1] libxslt security update)
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
Debian Local Security Checks
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
6.8
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
6 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
libxslt is vulnerable to an integer overflow in the xsltAddTextString function that can be exploited to trigger an out of bounds write on 64-bit systems.
Affected Software
Affected Software
libxslt on Debian Linux
Detection Method
Detection Method
This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.
Solution
Solution
For Debian 7 'Wheezy', this problem has been fixed in version 1.1.26-14.1+deb7u3. We recommend that you upgrade your libxslt packages.