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CVE-2008-2935

Publication date 1 August 2008

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

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."

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
libxslt 8.04 LTS hardy
Fixed 1.1.22-1ubuntu1.1
7.10 gutsy
Fixed 1.1.21-2ubuntu2.1
7.04 feisty
Fixed 1.1.20-0ubuntu2.1
6.06 LTS dapper
Fixed 1.1.15-1ubuntu1.1

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-633-1
    • libxslt vulnerabilities
    • 1 August 2008

Other references