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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2013-4520: libxslt: Denial of service

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2013-4520: libxslt: Denial of service

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
12/14/2013
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
05/28/2021

Description

xslt.c in libxslt before 1.1.25 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a stylesheet that embeds a DTD, which causes a structure to be accessed as a different type. NOTE: this issue is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2012-2825.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-dev-libs-libxslt

References

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