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Oracle Solaris Third-Party Patch Update : libxslt (cve_2012_5581_denial_of1)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 80694
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Synopsis
The remote Solaris system is missing a security patch for third-party software.Description
The remote Solaris system is missing necessary patches to address security updates :- libxslt before 1.1.28 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via an (1) empty match attribute in a XSL key to the xsltAddKey function in keys.c or (2) uninitialized variable to the xsltDocumentFunction function in functions.c. (CVE-2012-6139)
Solution
Upgrade to Solaris 11.1.11.4.0.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?4a913f44
https://blogs.oracle.com/sunsecurity/cve-2012-6139-denial-of-service-dos-vulnerability-in-libxslt
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 80694
File Name: solaris11_libxslt_20140114.nasl
Version: 1.3
Type: local
Family: Solaris Local Security Checks
Published: 1/19/2015
Updated: 1/14/2021
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:solaris:11.1, p-cpe:/a:oracle:solaris:libxslt
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Solaris11/release, Host/Solaris11/pkg-list
Patch Publication Date: 1/14/2014
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2012-6139