CVE - CVE-2008-2935

CVE-ID
CVE-2008-2935	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
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."
References
Note: References are provided for the convenience of the reader to help distinguish between vulnerabilities. The list is not intended to be complete.
MISC:1020596 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020596 MISC:20080731 [oCERT-2008-009] libxslt heap overflow URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/494976/100/0/threaded MISC:20080801 libxslt heap overflow URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495018/100/0/threaded MISC:20081027 rPSA-2008-0306-1 libxslt URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497829/100/0/threaded MISC:30467 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30467 MISC:31230 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/31230 MISC:31310 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/31310 MISC:31331 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/31331 MISC:31363 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/31363 MISC:31395 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/31395 MISC:31399 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/31399 MISC:32453 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/32453 MISC:4078 URL:http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4078 MISC:ADV-2008-2266 URL:~~http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2266/references~~ (Obsolete source) MISC:DSA-1624 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1624 MISC:FEDORA-2008-7029 URL:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-August/msg00092.html MISC:FEDORA-2008-7062 URL:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-August/msg00118.html MISC:GLSA-200808-06 URL:http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200808-06.xml MISC:MDVSA-2008:160 URL:~~http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:160~~ (Obsolete source) MISC:RHSA-2008:0649 URL:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0649.html MISC:USN-633-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-633-1 MISC:http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0306 URL:http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0306 MISC:http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2008-009.html URL:http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2008-009.html MISC:http://www.ocert.org/patches/exslt_crypt.patch URL:http://www.ocert.org/patches/exslt_crypt.patch MISC:http://www.scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2008-003.html URL:http://www.scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2008-003.html MISC:libxslt-multiple-crypto-bo(44141) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44141 MISC:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10827 URL:https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10827
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20080630	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20080630)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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