Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : xmlsec1 (MDVSA-2011:063)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 53289

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Synopsis

The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

A vulnerability was discovered and corrected in xmlsec1 :

xslt.c in XML Security Library (aka xmlsec) before 1.2.17, as used in WebKit and other products, when XSLT is enabled, allows remote attackers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via vectors involving the libxslt output extension and a ds:Transform element during signature verification (CVE-2011-1425).

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The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 53289

File Name: mandriva_MDVSA-2011-063.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Family: Mandriva Local Security Checks

Published: 4/5/2011

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libxmlsec1-gnutls1, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64xmlsec1-gnutls-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libxmlsec1-openssl1, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libxmlsec1-openssl-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64xmlsec1-openssl-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64xmlsec1-openssl1, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64xmlsec1-nss1, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2010.0, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64xmlsec1-1, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64xmlsec1-gnutls1, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libxmlsec1-gnutls-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libxmlsec1-nss-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libxmlsec1-1, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64xmlsec1-nss-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64xmlsec1-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:xmlsec1, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libxmlsec1-nss1, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libxmlsec1-devel, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2009.0

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

Patch Publication Date: 4/4/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-1425

MDVSA: 2011:063

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