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Debian DSA-1624-1 : libxslt - buffer overflows

high Nessus Plugin ID 33773

Synopsis

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

Description

Chris Evans discovered that a buffer overflow in the RC4 functions of libexslt may lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade the libxslt packages.

For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.1.19-3.

See Also

https://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1624

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 33773

File Name: debian_DSA-1624.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/1/2008

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: 7/31/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-2935

CWE: 119

DSA: 1624