DSA-1624-1 libxslt -- buffer overflows

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2008-2935  

Chris Evans discovered that a buffer overflow in the RC4 functions of libexslt may lead to the execution of arbitrary code. For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.1.19-3. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem will be fixed soon. We recommend that you upgrade your libxslt packages.

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-1624-1 libxslt -- buffer overflows

Date Reported:
31 Jul 2008
Affected Packages:
libxslt
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2008-2935.
More information:

Chris Evans discovered that a buffer overflow in the RC4 functions of libexslt may lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.1.19-3.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem will be fixed soon.

We recommend that you upgrade your libxslt packages.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (etch)

Source:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxslt/libxslt_1.1.19.orig.tar.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxslt/libxslt_1.1.19-3.diff.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxslt/libxslt_1.1.19-3.dsc
Alpha:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxslt/xsltproc_1.1.19-3_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxslt/libxslt1-dbg_1.1.19-3_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxslt/libxslt1-dev_1.1.19-3_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxslt/libxslt1.1_1.1.19-3_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxslt/python-libxslt1_1.1.19-3_alpha.deb
AMD64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxslt/libxslt1-dbg_1.1.19-3_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxslt/libxslt1.1_1.1.19-3_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxslt/libxslt1-dev_1.1.19-3_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxslt/xsltproc_1.1.19-3_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxslt/python-libxslt1_1.1.19-3_amd64.deb
ARM:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxslt/xsltproc_1.1.19-3_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxslt/libxslt1-dbg_1.1.19-3_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxslt/libxslt1-dev_1.1.19-3_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxslt/libxslt1.1_1.1.19-3_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxslt/python-libxslt1_1.1.19-3_arm.deb
HP Precision:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxslt/libxslt1-dev_1.1.19-3_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxslt/libxslt1.1_1.1.19-3_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxslt/xsltproc_1.1.19-3_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxslt/python-libxslt1_1.1.19-3_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxslt/libxslt1-dbg_1.1.19-3_hppa.deb
Intel IA-32:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxslt/xsltproc_1.1.19-3_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxslt/libxslt1.1_1.1.19-3_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxslt/python-libxslt1_1.1.19-3_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxslt/libxslt1-dbg_1.1.19-3_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxslt/libxslt1-dev_1.1.19-3_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxslt/libxslt1-dbg_1.1.19-3_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxslt/xsltproc_1.1.19-3_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxslt/libxslt1-dev_1.1.19-3_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxslt/python-libxslt1_1.1.19-3_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxslt/libxslt1.1_1.1.19-3_ia64.deb
Big-endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxslt/libxslt1-dev_1.1.19-3_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxslt/python-libxslt1_1.1.19-3_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxslt/xsltproc_1.1.19-3_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxslt/libxslt1.1_1.1.19-3_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxslt/libxslt1-dbg_1.1.19-3_mips.deb
Little-endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxslt/libxslt1-dev_1.1.19-3_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxslt/libxslt1-dbg_1.1.19-3_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxslt/xsltproc_1.1.19-3_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxslt/python-libxslt1_1.1.19-3_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxslt/libxslt1.1_1.1.19-3_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxslt/libxslt1.1_1.1.19-3_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxslt/xsltproc_1.1.19-3_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxslt/python-libxslt1_1.1.19-3_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxslt/libxslt1-dev_1.1.19-3_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxslt/libxslt1-dbg_1.1.19-3_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxslt/libxslt1-dev_1.1.19-3_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxslt/xsltproc_1.1.19-3_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxslt/python-libxslt1_1.1.19-3_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxslt/libxslt1.1_1.1.19-3_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxslt/libxslt1-dbg_1.1.19-3_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxslt/libxslt1-dev_1.1.19-3_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxslt/libxslt1.1_1.1.19-3_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxslt/xsltproc_1.1.19-3_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxslt/python-libxslt1_1.1.19-3_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libx/libxslt/libxslt1-dbg_1.1.19-3_sparc.deb

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.