CVE-2008-2935 (GCVE-0-2008-2935)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-08-01 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 09:21
VLAI?
Summary
Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the rc4 (1) encryption (aka exsltCryptoRc4EncryptFunction) and (2) decryption (aka exsltCryptoRc4DecryptFunction) functions in crypto.c in libexslt in libxslt 1.1.8 through 1.1.24 allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via an XML file containing a long string as "an argument in the XSL input."
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-06… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/def… vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0306 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://secunia.com/advisories/32453 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/31399 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/31363 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2008-003.html x_refsource_MISC
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-an… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/494976/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30467 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.ocert.org/patches/exslt_crypt.patch x_refsource_MISC
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4078 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200808-06.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://secunia.com/advisories/31310 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-633-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://secunia.com/advisories/31331 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497829/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495018/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://secunia.com/advisories/31230 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-an… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2266… vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020596 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1624 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://secunia.com/advisories/31395 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2008-009.html x_refsource_MISC
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