CVE-2019-18197

NameCVE-2019-18197
DescriptionIn xsltCopyText in transform.c in libxslt 1.1.33, a pointer variable isn't reset under certain circumstances. If the relevant memory area happened to be freed and reused in a certain way, a bounds check could fail and memory outside a buffer could be written to, or uninitialized data could be disclosed.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-1973-1, ELA-185-1
Debian Bugs942646

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
libxsltsourcewheezy1.1.26-14.1+deb7u7ELA-185-1
libxsltsourcejessie1.1.28-2+deb8u6DLA-1973-1
libxsltsourcestretch1.1.29-2.1+deb9u2
libxsltsourcebuster1.1.32-2.2~deb10u1
libxsltsource(unstable)1.1.32-2.2942646

Notes

https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=15746
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=15768
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=15914
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxslt/commit/2232473733b7313d67de8836ea3b29eec6e8e285

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