CVE-2008-2935

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-2935
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-08-01 14:41:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionMultiple 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."

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Xmlsoft Libxslt 1.1.10 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxslt 1.1.11 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxslt 1.1.12 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxslt 1.1.13 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxslt 1.1.14 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxslt 1.1.15 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxslt 1.1.16 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxslt 1.1.17 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxslt 1.1.18 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxslt 1.1.19 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxslt 1.1.20 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxslt 1.1.21 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxslt 1.1.22 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxslt 1.1.23 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxslt 1.1.24 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxslt 1.1.8 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxslt 1.1.9 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

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Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Debian update for libxslt - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
www.ocert.org/patches/exslt_crypt.patch af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ocert.org Exploit, Patch
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
USN-633-1: libxslt vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
CXSecurity - IDS af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securityreason.com
libxslt "crypto:rc4_encrypt" and "crypto:rc4_decrypt" Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Red Hat update for libxslt - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
libxslt: Execution of arbitrary code — Gentoo Linux Documentation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 9 Update: libxslt-1.1.24-2.fc9 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Fedora update for libxslt - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
504 Gateway Time-out af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
CESA-2008-003 - rev 1 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.scary.beasts.org
Ubuntu update for libxslt - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
oCERT.org - oCERT Advisories af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ocert.org Patch
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Advisories:rPSA-2008-0306 - rPath Wiki af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 wiki.rpath.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1624-1 libxslt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2008:160 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
rPath update for libxslt - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 8 Update: libxslt-1.1.24-2.fc8 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Gentoo update for libxslt - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
libxslt Heap Overflow in exsltCryptoRc4EncryptFunction() May Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
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