CVE-2008-2935
CVE-2008-2935
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This page shows selected source facts. See the linked advisories for the complete description and affected versions.
Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the rc4 (1) encryption (aka exsltCryptoRc4EncryptFunction) and (2) decryption (aka exsltCryptoRc4DecryptFunction) functions in crypto.c in libexslt in libxslt 1.1.8 through 1.1.24 allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via an XML file containing a long string as "an argument in the XSL input."
EPSS 12.8% · Public exploit · Fix available
- Published
- Updated
Stack: system
Affected products and versions
Original sources
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0649.html
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10827
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44141
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0306
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32453
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31399
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31363
- http://www.scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2008-003.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-August/msg00092.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/494976/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30467
- http://www.ocert.org/patches/exslt_crypt.patch
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4078
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200808-06.xml
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31310
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:160
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-633-1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31331
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497829/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495018/100/0/threaded
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31230
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-August/msg00118.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2266/references
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2935