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Debian DSA-3709-1: Libxslt Critical Buffer Overflow Threat

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Calendar Grey November 8, 2016
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A security patch for libxslt has been released to fix vulnerabilities in the management of pattern strings; Debian users are recommended to upgrade their systems.
Nick Wellnhofer discovered that the xsltFormatNumberConversion function in libxslt, an XSLT processing runtime library, does not properly check for a zero byte terminating the patt...
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security advisory security issue buffer overflow critical Debian libxslt pattern string

Summary

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.1.28-2+deb8u2.

For the testing distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed
in version 1.1.29-2.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.1.29-2.

We recommend that you upgrade your libxslt packages.

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/



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Package: libxslt
CVE ID: CVE-2016-4738

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security advisory security issue buffer overflow critical Debian libxslt pattern string

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