Oval Definition:oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20121265
Revision Date:2012-09-13Version:634
Title:RHSA-2012:1265: libxslt security update (Important)
Description:libxslt is a library for transforming XML files into other textual formats (including HTML, plain text, and other XML representations of the underlying data) using the standard XSLT stylesheet transformation mechanism.

  • A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way libxslt applied templates to nodes selected by certain namespaces. An attacker could use this flaw to create a malicious XSL file that, when used by an application linked against libxslt to perform an XSL transformation, could cause the application to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application. (CVE-2012-2871)

  • Several denial of service flaws were found in libxslt. An attacker could use these flaws to create a malicious XSL file that, when used by an application linked against libxslt to perform an XSL transformation, could cause the application to crash. (CVE-2012-2825, CVE-2012-2870, CVE-2011-3970)

  • An information leak could occur if an application using libxslt processed an untrusted XPath expression, or used a malicious XSL file to perform an XSL transformation. If combined with other flaws, this leak could possibly help an attacker bypass intended memory corruption protections. (CVE-2011-1202)

    All libxslt users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to resolve these issues. All running applications linked against libxslt must be restarted for this update to take effect.
  • Family:unixClass:patch
    Status:Reference(s):CVE-2011-1202
    CVE-2011-3970
    CVE-2012-2825
    CVE-2012-2870
    CVE-2012-2871
    CVE-2012-2893
    RHSA-2012:1265
    RHSA-2012:1265-02
    RHSA-2012:1265-03
    Platform(s):Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
    Product(s):
    Definition Synopsis
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux must be installed
  • OR Package Information
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is installed
  • AND
  • libxslt is earlier than 0:1.1.17-4.el5_8.3
  • AND libxslt is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • libxslt-devel is earlier than 0:1.1.17-4.el5_8.3
  • AND libxslt-devel is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • libxslt-python is earlier than 0:1.1.17-4.el5_8.3
  • AND libxslt-python is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • OR Package Information
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 is installed
  • AND
  • libxslt is earlier than 0:1.1.26-2.el6_3.1
  • AND libxslt is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • libxslt-devel is earlier than 0:1.1.26-2.el6_3.1
  • AND libxslt-devel is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • libxslt-python is earlier than 0:1.1.26-2.el6_3.1
  • AND libxslt-python is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • Definition Synopsis
  • Release Information
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is installed
  • AND
  • libxslt is earlier than 0:1.1.17-4.el5_8.3
  • AND libxslt is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease key
  • libxslt-devel is earlier than 0:1.1.17-4.el5_8.3
  • AND libxslt-devel is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease key
  • libxslt-python is earlier than 0:1.1.17-4.el5_8.3
  • AND libxslt-python is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease key
  • OR Package Information
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Client is installed
  • OR Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Server is installed
  • OR Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Workstation is installed
  • OR Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 ComputeNode is installed
  • AND
  • libxslt is earlier than 0:1.1.26-2.el6_3.1
  • AND libxslt is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • libxslt-devel is earlier than 0:1.1.26-2.el6_3.1
  • AND libxslt-devel is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • libxslt-python is earlier than 0:1.1.26-2.el6_3.1
  • AND libxslt-python is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
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