DSA-2219-1 xmlsec1 -- arbitrary file overwrite

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-2219-1 xmlsec1 -- arbitrary file overwrite

Date Reported:

18 Apr 2011

Affected Packages:

xmlsec1

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 620560.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2011-1425.

More information:

Nicolas Gregoire discovered that the XML Security Library xmlsec allowed remote attackers to create or overwrite arbitrary files through specially crafted XML files using the libxslt output extension and a ds:Transform element during signature verification.

For the oldstable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 1.2.9-5+lenny1.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 1.2.14-1+squeeze1.

For the testing distribution (wheezy) and unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1.2.14-1.1.

We recommend that you upgrade your xmlsec1 packages.