Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : libxslt (MDVSA-2013:047)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 66061

Synopsis

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

Description

A vulnerability has been discovered and corrected in libxslt :

The XSL implementation in libxslt allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (incorrect read operation) via unspecified vectors (CVE-2012-2825).

libxslt 1.1.26 and earlier does not properly manage memory, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted XSLT expression that is not properly identified during XPath navigation, related to (1) the xsltCompileLocationPathPattern function in libxslt/pattern.c and (2) the xsltGenerateIdFunction function in libxslt/functions.c (CVE-2012-2870).

libxml2 2.9.0-rc1 and earlier does not properly support a cast of an unspecified variable during handling of XSL transforms, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unknown other impact via a crafted document, related to the _xmlNs data structure in include/libxml/tree.h (CVE-2012-2871).

Double free vulnerability in libxslt allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors related to XSL transforms (CVE-2012-2893).

The updated packages have been patched to correct these issues.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 66061

File Name: mandriva_MDVSA-2013-047.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Published: 4/20/2013

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/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: 4/5/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-2825, CVE-2012-2870, CVE-2012-2871, CVE-2012-2893

BID: 54203, 55331, 55676

MDVSA: 2013:047