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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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1589-1 New libxslt packages fix execution of arbitrary code
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-633-1 libxslt vulnerabilities
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References
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http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=527297 cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Nov/msg00001.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//Jul/msg00001.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/30315 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/30323 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/30393 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/30521 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/30717 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/31074 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/31363 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/32222 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/32706 cve-icon cve-icon
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200806-02.xml cve-icon cve-icon
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216 cve-icon cve-icon
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3298 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1589 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:151 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2008_13_sr.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0287.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29312 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31681 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020071 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-633-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1580/references cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2094/references cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2780 cve-icon cve-icon
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42560 cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1767 cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9785 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-1767 cve-icon
History

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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.2359}

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{'score': 0.2079}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T08:32:01.141Z

Reserved: 2008-04-12T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2008-1767

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2008-05-23T15:32:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2008-1767

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2008-04-10T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2008-1767 - Bugzilla

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