Ubuntu 8.04 LTS / 10.04 LTS / 11.04 / 11.10 / 12.04 LTS : libxslt vulnerabilities (USN-1595-1)
Medium Nessus Plugin ID 62435
Synopsis
The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.
Description
Chris Evans discovered that libxslt incorrectly handled generate-id XPath functions. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted XSLT document, a remote attacker could obtain potentially sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 8.04 LTS, Ubuntu 10.04 LTS and Ubuntu 11.04. (CVE-2011-1202)
It was discovered that libxslt incorrectly parsed certain patterns. 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-2011-3970)
Nicholas Gregoire discovered that libxslt incorrectly handled unexpected DTD nodes. 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-2012-2825)
Nicholas Gregoire discovered that libxslt incorrectly managed memory.
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-2012-2870)
Nicholas Gregoire discovered that libxslt incorrectly handled certain transforms. 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, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2012-2871)
Cris Neckar discovered that libxslt incorrectly managed memory. 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, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2012-2893).
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Solution
Update the affected libxslt1.1 package.