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Oracle Linux: CVE-2019-18197: ELSA-2020-4464: libxslt security update (MODERATE) (Multiple Advisories)

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Oracle Linux: CVE-2019-18197: ELSA-2020-4464: libxslt security update (MODERATE) (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
10/18/2019
Created
10/09/2020
Added
10/16/2024
Modified
10/17/2024

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-linux-upgrade-libxslt
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libxslt-devel
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libxslt-python

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