| Name | CVE-2015-7995 |
| Description | The xsltStylePreCompute function in preproc.c in libxslt 1.1.28 does not check if the parent node is an element, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted XML file, related to a "type confusion" issue. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-514-1, DSA-3605-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 802971 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| libxslt (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 1.1.28-2+deb8u7 | fixed |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 1.1.29-2.1+deb9u3 | fixed |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 1.1.32-2.2~deb10u2 | fixed |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 1.1.34-4+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 1.1.35-1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 1.1.35-1.1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
[squeeze] - libxslt <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1257962
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/27/10
https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxslt/commit/?id=7ca19df892ca22d9314e95d59ce2abdeff46b617 (v1.1.29-rc1)