gentoo-overlay/metadata/glsa/glsa-200808-06.xml

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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">

<glsa id="200808-06">
  <title>libxslt: Execution of arbitrary code</title>
  <synopsis>
    libxslt is affected by a heap-based buffer overflow, possibly leading to
    the execution of arbitrary code.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">libxslt</product>
  <announced>August 06, 2008</announced>
  <revised>August 06, 2008: 01</revised>
  <bug>232172</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="dev-libs/libxslt" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">1.1.24-r1</unaffected>
      <unaffected range="lt">1.1.8</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">1.1.24-r1</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>
    libxslt is the XSLT C library developed for the GNOME project. XSLT is
    an XML language to define transformations for XML.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>
    Chris Evans (Google Security) reported that the libexslt library that
    is part of libxslt is affected by a heap-based buffer overflow in the
    RC4 encryption/decryption functions.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>
    A remote attacker could entice a user to process an XML file using a
    specially crafted XSLT stylesheet in an application linked against
    libxslt, possibly leading to the execution of arbitrary code with the
    privileges of the user running the application.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>
    There is no known workaround at this time.
    </p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>
    All libxslt users should upgrade to the latest version:
    </p>
    <code>
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose &quot;&gt;=dev-libs/libxslt-1.1.24-r1&quot;</code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2935">CVE-2008-2935</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Thu, 31 Jul 2008 23:42:58 +0000">
    rbu
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Fri, 01 Aug 2008 23:18:29 +0000">
    keytoaster
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Fri, 01 Aug 2008 23:18:48 +0000">
    keytoaster
  </metadata>
</glsa>