CVE-2008-2935

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Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2935
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2008-2935.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2008-2935
Downstream
Published
2008-08-01T14:41:00Z
Modified
2025-04-09T00:30:58Z
Summary
[none]
Details

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."

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / libxslt

Package

Name
libxslt
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libxslt?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.1.24-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / libxslt

Package

Name
libxslt
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libxslt?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.1.24-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / libxslt

Package

Name
libxslt
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libxslt?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.1.24-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}