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CVE Reference: CVE-2008-2935
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Original Page at CVE MITRE:
CVE-2008-2935

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."

CVE Status:
Candidate

References:

XF
  http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/44141

UBUNTU
  http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-633-1

ST
  1020596

SAID
  Secunia Advisory: SA31230
  Secunia Advisory: SA31310
  Secunia Advisory: SA31331
  Secunia Advisory: SA31395
  Secunia Advisory: SA31399
  Secunia Advisory: SA31363
  Secunia Advisory: SA32453

REDHAT
  http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0649.html

MISC
  http://www.scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2008-003.html
  http://www.ocert.org/patches/exslt_crypt.patch
  http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2008-009.html

MANDRIVA
  http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:160

GENTOO
  http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200808-06.xml

FEDORA

DEBIAN
  http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1624

CONFIRM
  http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0306

BUGTRAQ
  http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/497829/100/0/threaded
  http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/495018/100/0/threaded
  http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/494976/100/0/threaded

BID
  30467


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