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Debian Security Advisory DSA 2555-1 (libxslt)
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
11 years ago
Modified
Modified
2 years ago
Summary
The remote host is missing an update to libxslt announced via advisory DSA 2555-1.
Insight
Insight
Nicholas Gregoire and Cris Neckar discovered several memory handling bugs in libxslt, which could lead to denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code if a malformed document is processed. For the stable distribution (squeeze), these problems have been fixed in version 1.1.26-6+squeeze2. For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in version 1.1.26-14.
Solution
Solution
We recommend that you upgrade your libxslt packages.