GLSA-202310-23 : libxslt: Multiple Vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 184078

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Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202310-23 (libxslt: Multiple Vulnerabilities)

- Use after free in Blink XSLT in Google Chrome prior to 91.0.4472.164 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (CVE-2021-30560)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

All libxslt users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose >=dev-libs/libxslt-1.1.35

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 184078

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-202310-23.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks

Published: 10/31/2023

Updated: 10/31/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-30560

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:libxslt, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/31/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/15/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-30560

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