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RHEL 2.1 / 3 / 4 / 5 : libxslt (RHSA-2008:0287)

high Nessus Plugin ID 32421

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated libxslt packages that fix a security issue are now available.

This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

libxslt is a C library, based on libxml, for parsing of XML files into other textual formats (eg HTML, plain text and other XML representations of the underlying data) It uses the standard XSLT stylesheet transformation mechanism and, being written in plain ANSI C, is designed to be simple to incorporate into other applications

Anthony de Almeida Lopes reported the libxslt library did not properly process long 'transformation match' conditions in the XSL stylesheet files. An attacker could create a malicious XSL file that would cause a crash, or, possibly, execute and arbitrary code with the privileges of the application using libxslt library to perform XSL transformations. (CVE-2008-1767)

All users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to resolve this issue.

Solution

Update the affected libxslt, libxslt-devel and / or libxslt-python packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2008-1767

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0287

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 32421

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2008-0287.nasl

Version: 1.25

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/22/2008

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libxslt, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libxslt-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libxslt-python, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.6, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.1

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/21/2008

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/23/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-1767

BID: 29312

CWE: 119

RHSA: 2008:0287