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RHEL 4 / 5 : libxslt (RHSA-2008:0649)

high Nessus Plugin ID 33784

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated libxslt packages that fix a security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

libxslt is a library for transforming XML files into other XML files using the standard XSLT stylesheet transformation mechanism.

A heap buffer overflow flaw was discovered in the RC4 libxslt library extension. An attacker could create a malicious XSL file that would cause a crash, or, possibly, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the application using the libxslt library to perform XSL transformations on untrusted XSL style sheets. (CVE-2008-2935)

Red Hat would like to thank Chris Evans for reporting this vulnerability.

All libxslt users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to resolve this issue.

Solution

Update the affected libxslt, libxslt-devel and / or libxslt-python packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2008-2935

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0649

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 33784

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2008-0649.nasl

Version: 1.25

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/1/2008

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libxslt-devel, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.7, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libxslt-python, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libxslt

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/31/2008

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/1/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-2935

BID: 30467

CWE: 119

RHSA: 2008:0649