| Name | CVE-2015-9019 |
| Description | In libxslt 1.1.29 and earlier, the EXSLT math.random function was not initialized with a random seed during startup, which could cause usage of this function to produce predictable outputs. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 859796 |
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 | vulnerable |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 1.1.29-2.1+deb9u3 | vulnerable |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 1.1.32-2.2~deb10u2 | vulnerable |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 1.1.34-4+deb11u1 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 1.1.35-1 | vulnerable |
| sid, trixie | 1.1.35-1.1 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| libxslt | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | unimportant | | 859796 |
Notes
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=758400
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=934119
There's no indication that math.random() in intended to ensure cryptographic
randomness requirements. Proper seeding needs to happen in the application
using libxslt.