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From: "Tobias Heinlein (keytoaster)" <keytoaster@g.o>
To: gentoo-commits@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-commits] gentoo commit in xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa: glsa-200808-06.xml
Date: Wed, 06 Aug 2008 20:17:55
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1 keytoaster 08/08/06 20:17:52
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3 Added: glsa-200808-06.xml
4 Log:
5 GLSA 200808-06
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7 Revision Changes Path
8 1.1 xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200808-06.xml
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10 file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200808-06.xml?rev=1.1&view=markup
11 plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200808-06.xml?rev=1.1&content-type=text/plain
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13 Index: glsa-200808-06.xml
14 ===================================================================
15 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
16 <?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
17 <?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
18 <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
19
20 <glsa id="200808-06">
21 <title>libxslt: Execution of arbitrary code</title>
22 <synopsis>
23 libxslt is affected by a heap-based buffer overflow, possibly leading to
24 the execution of arbitrary code.
25 </synopsis>
26 <product type="ebuild">libxslt</product>
27 <announced>August 06, 2008</announced>
28 <revised>August 06, 2008: 01</revised>
29 <bug>232172</bug>
30 <access>remote</access>
31 <affected>
32 <package name="dev-libs/libxslt" auto="yes" arch="*">
33 <unaffected range="ge">1.1.24-r1</unaffected>
34 <unaffected range="lt">1.1.8</unaffected>
35 <vulnerable range="lt">1.1.24-r1</vulnerable>
36 </package>
37 </affected>
38 <background>
39 <p>
40 libxslt is the XSLT C library developed for the GNOME project. XSLT is
41 an XML language to define transformations for XML.
42 </p>
43 </background>
44 <description>
45 <p>
46 Chris Evans (Google Security) reported that the libexslt library that
47 is part of libxslt is affected by a heap-based buffer overflow in the
48 RC4 encryption/decryption functions.
49 </p>
50 </description>
51 <impact type="normal">
52 <p>
53 A remote attacker could entice a user to process an XML file using a
54 specially crafted XSLT stylesheet in an application linked against
55 libxslt, possibly leading to the execution of arbitrary code with the
56 privileges of the user running the application.
57 </p>
58 </impact>
59 <workaround>
60 <p>
61 There is no known workaround at this time.
62 </p>
63 </workaround>
64 <resolution>
65 <p>
66 All libxslt users should upgrade to the latest version:
67 </p>
68 <code>
69 # emerge --sync
70 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose &quot;&gt;=dev-libs/libxslt-1.1.24-r1&quot;</code>
71 </resolution>
72 <references>
73 <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2935">CVE-2008-2935</uri>
74 </references>
75 <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Thu, 31 Jul 2008 23:42:58 +0000">
76 rbu
77 </metadata>
78 <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Fri, 01 Aug 2008 23:18:29 +0000">
79 keytoaster
80 </metadata>
81 <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Fri, 01 Aug 2008 23:18:48 +0000">
82 keytoaster
83 </metadata>
84 </glsa>