vulnerability

Alma Linux: CVE-2019-18197: Moderate: libxslt security update (ALSA-2020-4464)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Oct 18, 2019
Added
May 4, 2022
Modified
Aug 11, 2025

Description

In 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.

Solutions

alma-upgrade-libxsltalma-upgrade-libxslt-devel
Title
NEW

Explore Exposure Command

Confidently identify and prioritize exposures from endpoint to cloud with full attack surface visibility and threat-aware risk context.