libxslt XSL buffer overflow
| libxslt-xsl-bo (42560) |  High Risk |
Description:
libxslt is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking during XML document transformation. By using a specially-crafted XSL style-sheet file, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system with elevated privileges or cause the XSLT processor to crash.
Platforms Affected:
- Apple, iPhone 1.0
- Apple, iPhone 1.1.1
- Apple, iPhone 1.1.2
- Apple, iPhone 1.1.3
- Apple, iPhone 1.1.4
- Apple, iPod touch 1.1
- Apple, iPod touch 1.1.1
- Apple, iPod touch 1.1.2
- Apple, iPod touch 1.1.3
- Apple, iPod touch 1.1.4
- Apple, Mac OS X 10.4
- Apple, Mac OS X 10.4.1
- Apple, Mac OS X 10.4.10
- Apple, Mac OS X 10.4.11
- Apple, Mac OS X 10.4.2
- Apple, Mac OS X 10.4.3
- Apple, Mac OS X 10.4.4
- Apple, Mac OS X 10.4.5
- Apple, Mac OS X 10.4.6
- Apple, Mac OS X 10.4.7
- Apple, Mac OS X 10.4.8
- Apple, Mac OS X 10.4.9
- Apple, Mac OS X Server 10.4
- Apple, Mac OS X Server 10.4.1
- Apple, Mac OS X Server 10.4.10
- Apple, Mac OS X Server 10.4.11
- Apple, Mac OS X Server 10.4.2
- Apple, Mac OS X Server 10.4.3
- Apple, Mac OS X Server 10.4.4
- Apple, Mac OS X Server 10.4.5
- Apple, Mac OS X Server 10.4.6
- Apple, Mac OS X Server 10.4.7
- Apple, Mac OS X Server 10.4.8
- Apple, Mac OS X Server 10.4.9
- Apple, Mac OS X Server 10.5.1
- Apple, Mac OS X Server 10.5.3
- Apple, Safari 3
- Canonical, Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
- Canonical, Ubuntu 7.04
- Canonical, Ubuntu 7.10
- Canonical, Ubuntu 8.04 LTS
- Debian, Debian Linux 4.0
- Gentoo, Linux
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 2007.1
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 2007.1 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 2008.0 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 2008.0
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 2008.1 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 2008.1
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 3.0
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 3.0 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 4.0
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 4.0 X86_64
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 2.1 WS
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 2.1 AS
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 2.1 ES
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 3 ES
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 3 AS
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 3 Desktop
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 3 WS
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 4 AS
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 4 WS
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 4 Desktop
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 4 ES
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 5
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 5 Client
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 5 Client Workstation
- RedHat, Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 Itanium
- XMLsoft, libxslt 1.1.23
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of libxslt (1.1.24 or later), available from the XMLSOFT Web site. See References.
For other distributions:
Apply the appropriate update for your system. See References.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- Apple Web site, About Security Update 2008-007 at http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216.
- Apple Web site, About the security content of iPhone v2.0 and iPod touch v2.0 at http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2351.
- Apple Web site, About the security content of Safari 3.2 at http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3298.
- Gnome Bugzilla Bug 527297, xsltproc crashes when applying a transform to an xml document at http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=527297.
- Red Hat Bugzilla Bug 446809, CVE-2008-1767 libxslt: fixed-sized steps array overflow via "template match" condition in XSL file at https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=446809.
- XMLSOFT Web site, The XSLT C library for GNOME at http://xmlsoft.org/XSLT/.
- ASA-2008-267: libxslt security update (RHSA-2008-0287)
- BID-29312: libxslt XSL File Processing Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
- BID-30186: Apple iPhone and iPod Touch Prior to Version 2.0 Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
- BID-31681: RETIRED: Apple Mac OS X 2008-007 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2008-1767: 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.
- DSA-1589: libxslt -- buffer overflow
- GLSA-200806-02: libxslt: Execution of arbitrary code
- MDVSA-2008:151: Updated libxslt packages fix buffer overflow vulnerability
- RHSA-2008-0287: Important: libxslt security update
- SA30315: libxslt XSL File Processing Vulnerability
- SA31074: Apple iPhone / iPod touch Multiple Vulnerabilities
- SA32222: Apple Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities
- SECTRACK ID: 1020071: libxslt XSL Style Sheet Array Overflow May Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
- SUSE-SR:2008:013: SUSE Security Summary Report
- USN-633-1: libxslt vulnerabilities
- VUPEN/ADV-2008-1580: Libxslt XML Document Transformation Code Execution Vulnerability
- VUPEN/ADV-2008-2094: Apple iPhone and iPod touch Multiple Code Execution Vulnerabilities
- VUPEN/ADV-2008-2780: Apple Mac OS X Code Execution and Security Bypass Vulnerabilities
Reported:
May 16, 2008
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