Debian: DSA-2654-1: libxslt security update

Date03 Apr 2013

CategoryDebian Linux Distribution - Security Advisories

Posted ByLinuxSecurity Advisories

Nicolas Gregoire discovered that libxslt, an XSLT processing runtime library, is prone to denial of service vulnerabilities via crafted xsl stylesheets.


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Debian Security Advisory DSA-2654-1                   This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
https://www.debian.org/security/                      Salvatore Bonaccorso
April 03, 2013                         https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package        : libxslt
Vulnerability  : denial of service
Problem type   : remote
Debian-specific: no
CVE ID         : CVE-2012-6139
Debian Bug     : 703933

Nicolas Gregoire discovered that libxslt, an XSLT processing runtime
library, is prone to denial of service vulnerabilities via crafted xsl
stylesheets.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.1.26-6+squeeze3.

For the testing distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.1.26-14.1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.1.26-14.1.

We recommend that you upgrade your libxslt packages.

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