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

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!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>