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Oracle Solaris 11: CVE-2019-18197: Vulnerability in libxslt

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Oracle Solaris 11: CVE-2019-18197: Vulnerability in libxslt

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
10/18/2019
Created
12/19/2019
Added
12/18/2019
Modified
02/17/2022

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.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-solaris-11-3-upgrade-library-libxslt-1-1-33-0-175-3-36-0-19-0
  • oracle-solaris-11-3-upgrade-library-python-libxsl-27-1-1-33-0-175-3-36-0-19-0
  • oracle-solaris-11-4-upgrade-library-libxslt-1-1-33-11-4-16-0-1-3-0
  • oracle-solaris-11-4-upgrade-library-python-libxsl-27-1-1-33-11-4-16-0-1-3-0

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