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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : libxslt (MDVSA-2013:141)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 66153

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Synopsis

The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated libxslt packages fix security vulnerability :

Nicholas Gregoire discovered that libxslt incorrectly handled certain empty values. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted XSLT document, a remote attacker could cause libxslt to crash, causing a denial of service (CVE-2012-6139).

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=685328

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 66153

File Name: mandriva_MDVSA-2013-141.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Published: 4/20/2013

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64xslt-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64xslt1, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:python-libxslt, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:xsltproc, cpe:/o:mandriva:business_server:1

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/Mandrake/release, Host/Mandrake/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/11/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-6139

BID: 58685

MDVSA: 2013:141

MGASA: 2013-0107