CVE-2008-1767

Summary

CVECVE-2008-1767
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-05-23 15:32:00 UTC
Updated2017-09-29 01:30:00 UTC
DescriptionBuffer overflow in pattern.c in libxslt before 1.1.24 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an XSL style sheet file with a long XSLT "transformation match" condition that triggers a large number of steps.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Redhat Desktop 3 All All All
Operating System Redhat Desktop 3 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 2.1 All as All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 2.1 All es All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 2.1 All ws All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 3.0 All as All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 3.0 All es All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 3.0 All ws All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 4.0 All as All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 4.0 All es All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 4.0 All ws All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 5.0 All server All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 2.1 All as All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 2.1 All es All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 2.1 All ws All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 3.0 All as All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 3.0 All es All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 3.0 All ws All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 4.0 All as All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 4.0 All es All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 4.0 All ws All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 5.0 All server All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 All client All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 All client All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation 5 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation 5 All All All
Operating System Redhat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 All itanium All
Operating System Redhat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 All itanium All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Apple iPhone / iPod touch Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
Apple Safari Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
About the security content of Safari 3.2 CONFIRM support.apple.com
Bug 527297 – xsltproc crashes when applying a transform to an xml document CONFIRM bugzilla.gnome.org Exploit
Debian update for libxslt - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
libxslt XSL File Processing Buffer Overflow Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Exploit
Apple Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
RETIRED: Apple Mac OS X 2008-007 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities BID www.securityfocus.com
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support REDHAT www.redhat.com
APPLE-SA-2008-07-11 iPhone 2.0 and iPod touch 2.0 APPLE lists.apple.com
About Security Update 2008-007 CONFIRM support.apple.com
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Security Announcement SUSE www.novell.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
SecurityTracker.com Archives - libxslt XSL Style Sheet Array Overflow May Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
Ubuntu update for libxslt - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
Webmail | OVH- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
libxslt: Execution of arbitrary code — Gentoo Linux Documentation GENTOO security.gentoo.org
APPLE-SA-2008-10-09 Security Update 2008-007 APPLE lists.apple.com
Gentoo update for libxslt - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1589-1 libxslt DEBIAN www.debian.org
libxslt XSL File Processing Vulnerability - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2008:151 | Mandriva MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
Red Hat update for libxslt - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
APPLE-SA-2008-11-13 Safari 3.2 APPLE lists.apple.com
USN-633-1: libxslt vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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