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Gentoo GLSA-201203-08: Risk of Denial of Service in Libxslt Package

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Calendar Grey March 6, 2012
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Mitigating a libxslt vulnerability in Gentoo Linux resulting in potential Denial of Service. Security patch advisable for system integrity.
A vulnerability in libxslt could result in Denial of Service.

Summary

An out of bounds read error has been found in libxslt/pattern.c in libxslt.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service security issue gentoo software update libxslt normal severity

Resolution

All libxslt users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/libxslt-1.1.26-r3"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2011-3970 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-3970

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201203-08
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: Normal
Title: libxslt: Denial of Service
Date: March 06, 2012
Bugs: #402861
ID: 201203-08

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service security issue gentoo software update libxslt normal severity

Synopsis

A vulnerability in libxslt could result in Denial of Service.

Background

libxslt is the XSLT C library developed for the GNOME project. XSLT is an XML language to define transformations for XML.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 dev-libs/libxslt < 1.1.26-r3 >= 1.1.26-r3

Impact

===== 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 resulting in a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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