CVE-2008-1767

CVE Details

Release Date:	2008-05-23
Impact:	Important	What is this?

Description

Buffer overflow in pattern.c in libxslt before 1.1.24 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an XSL style sheet file with a long XSLT transformation match condition that triggers a large number of steps.

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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	7.5
Vector String:	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Network
Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	Partial
Integrity Impact:	Partial
Availability Impact:	Partial

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 3 (libxslt)	ELSA-2008-0287	2008-05-21
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (libxslt)	ELSA-2008-0287	2008-05-21
Oracle Linux version 5 (libxslt)	ELSA-2008-0287	2008-05-21