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Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2012 8:26 am Post subject: [ GLSA 201203-08 ] libxslt: Denial of Service |
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory
Title: libxslt: Denial of Service (GLSA 201203-08)
Severity: normal
Exploitable: remote
Date: March 06, 2012
Bug(s): #402861
ID: 201203-08
Synopsis
A vulnerability in libxslt could result in Denial of Service.
Background
libxslt is the XSLT C library developed for the GNOME project. XSLT is
an XML language to define transformations for XML.
Affected Packages
Package: dev-libs/libxslt
Vulnerable: < 1.1.26-r3
Unaffected: >= 1.1.26-r3
Architectures: All supported architectures
Description
An out of bounds read error has been found in libxslt/pattern.c in
libxslt.
Impact
A remote attacker could entice a user to process an XML file using a
specially crafted XSLT stylesheet in an application linked against
libxslt, possibly resulting in a Denial of Service condition.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
All libxslt users should upgrade to the latest version: Code: | # emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/libxslt-1.1.26-r3"
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References
CVE-2011-3970 |
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