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Debian DSA-1589-1 : libxslt - buffer overflow

high Nessus Plugin ID 32457

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

It was discovered that libxslt, an XSLT processing runtime library, could be coerced into executing arbitrary code via a buffer overflow when an XSL style sheet file with a long XSLT 'transformation match' condition triggered a large number of steps.

Solution

Upgrade the libxslt package.

For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.1.19-2.

See Also

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=482664

https://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1589

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 32457

File Name: debian_DSA-1589.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/29/2008

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libxslt, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0

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

Patch Publication Date: 5/28/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-1767

CWE: 119

DSA: 1589