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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 24.10 : Libxslt vulnerability (USN-7357-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 232984

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 24.10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-7357-1 advisory.

 Ivan Fratric discovered that Libxslt incorrectly handled certain memory operations when handling documents. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Libxslt to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

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

Solution

Update the affected libxslt1-dev, libxslt1.1 and / or xsltproc packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7357-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 232984

File Name: ubuntu_USN-7357-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/20/2025

Updated: 3/20/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.6

Temporal Score: 4.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-55549

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libxslt1.1, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libxslt1-dev, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:xsltproc

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/19/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/14/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-55549

USN: 7357-1