Gentoo Linux: CVE-2008-1767: libxslt: Execution of arbitrary code
8
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
05/23/2008
07/25/2018
10/30/2017
10/30/2017
Description
Buffer overflow in pattern.c in libxslt before 1.1.24 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an XSL style sheet file with a long XSLT "transformation match" condition that triggers a large number of steps.
Solution(s)
- gentoo-linux-upgrade-dev-libs-libxslt
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