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MiracleLinux 3 : libxslt-1.1.17-2.1.2AXS3 (AXSA:2008-83:01)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 284216

Synopsis

The remote MiracleLinux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote MiracleLinux 3 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the AXSA:2008-83:01 advisory.

 libxslt is a library for transforming XML files into other XML files using the standard XSLT stylesheet transformation mechanism.
 CVE-2008-2935: 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.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the MiracleLinux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

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

See Also

https://tsn.miraclelinux.com/en/node/180

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 284216

File Name: miracle_linux_AXSA-2008-83.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 1/14/2026

Updated: 1/14/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2008-2935

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:libxslt, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:libxslt-devel, cpe:/o:miracle:linux:3, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:libxslt-python

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/10/2008

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/31/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-2935