Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201703-5
========================================
Severity: Critical
Date    : 2017-03-12
CVE-ID  : CVE-2017-5029
Package : libxslt
Type    : arbitrary code execution
Remote  : Yes
Link    : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-195

Summary
======
The package libxslt before version 1.1.29+41+gdf5330d1-1 is vulnerable
to arbitrary code execution.

Resolution
=========
Upgrade to 1.1.29+41+gdf5330d1-1.

# pacman -Syu "libxslt>=1.1.29+41+gdf5330d1-1"

The problem has been fixed upstream but no release is available yet.

Workaround
=========
None.

Description
==========
An integer overflow issue has been found in libxslt, leading to an out
of bounds write on 64-bit systems.

Impact
=====
A remote attacker might be able to execute arbitrary code on the
affected host.

References
=========
https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/53257
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/03/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxslt/-/commit/08ab2774b870de1c7b5a48693df75e8154addae5
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2017-5029

ArchLinux: 201703-5: libxslt: arbitrary code execution

March 12, 2017

Summary

An integer overflow issue has been found in libxslt, leading to an out of bounds write on 64-bit systems.

Resolution

Upgrade to 1.1.29+41+gdf5330d1-1. # pacman -Syu "libxslt>=1.1.29+41+gdf5330d1-1"
The problem has been fixed upstream but no release is available yet.

References

https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/53257 https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/03/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxslt/-/commit/08ab2774b870de1c7b5a48693df75e8154addae5 https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2017-5029

Severity
Package : libxslt
Type : arbitrary code execution
Remote : Yes
Link : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-195

Workaround

None.

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