CVE-2008-2935

NameCVE-2008-2935
DescriptionMultiple 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."
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-1624-1, DTSA-152-1
Debian Bugs493162

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
libxslt (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)1.1.28-2+deb8u7fixed
stretch (lts), stretch1.1.29-2.1+deb9u3fixed
buster (security), buster, buster (lts)1.1.32-2.2~deb10u2fixed
bullseye (security), bullseye1.1.34-4+deb11u1fixed
bookworm1.1.35-1fixed
sid, trixie1.1.35-1.1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
libxsltsourceetch1.1.19-3DSA-1624-1
libxsltsourcelenny1.1.24-1+lenny1DTSA-152-1
libxsltsource(unstable)1.1.24-2493162

Notes

http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2008-009.html

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