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Ubuntu 8.04 LTS / 10.04 LTS / 11.10 / 12.04 LTS / 12.10 : libxslt vulnerability (USN-1784-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 65786

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.

Description

Nicholas Gregoire discovered that libxslt incorrectly handled certain empty values. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted XSLT document, a remote attacker could cause libxslt to crash, causing a denial of service.

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Solution

Update the affected libxslt1.1 package.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/1784-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 65786

File Name: ubuntu_USN-1784-1.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/3/2013

Updated: 9/19/2019

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libxslt1.1, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:-:lts

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/2/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/12/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-6139

BID: 58685

USN: 1784-1