GNOME Project libxslt Library RC4 Key String Buffer Overflow
Severity: HIGH
CVE Identifier: CVE-2008-2935
Advisory Date: FEB 04, 2011
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."
TREND MICRO PROTECTION INFORMATION
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AFFECTED SOFTWARE AND VERSION
- xmlsoft libxslt 1.1.10
- xmlsoft libxslt 1.1.11
- xmlsoft libxslt 1.1.12
- xmlsoft libxslt 1.1.13
- xmlsoft libxslt 1.1.14
- xmlsoft libxslt 1.1.15
- xmlsoft libxslt 1.1.16
- xmlsoft libxslt 1.1.17
- xmlsoft libxslt 1.1.18
- xmlsoft libxslt 1.1.19
- xmlsoft libxslt 1.1.20
- xmlsoft libxslt 1.1.21
- xmlsoft libxslt 1.1.22
- xmlsoft libxslt 1.1.23
- xmlsoft libxslt 1.1.24
- xmlsoft libxslt 1.1.8
- xmlsoft libxslt 1.1.9