CVE-2008-2935
At a glance
- Severity
- Not available
- EPSS
- EPSS 12.79 % · percentile 96 (2026-10-27)
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- redhat
- NVD status
- Modified
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."
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 2.0 | HIGH 7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
Weaknesses (CWE)
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2008-2928
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2008-2935
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2022-AVI-267 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans Juniper Networks Junos Space · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTA-2008-AVI-387 — Vulnérabilité de libxslt · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxslt:1.1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxslt:1.1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxslt:1.1.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxslt:1.1.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxslt:1.1.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxslt:1.1.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxslt:1.1.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxslt:1.1.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxslt:1.1.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxslt:1.1.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxslt:1.1.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxslt:1.1.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxslt:1.1.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxslt:1.1.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxslt:1.1.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxslt:1.1.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxslt:1.1.24:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| affected n/a |
References
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0649.html
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10827
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44141
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0306
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32453
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31399
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31363
- http://www.scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2008-003.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-August/msg00092.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/494976/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30467
- http://www.ocert.org/patches/exslt_crypt.patch
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4078
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200808-06.xml
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31310
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:160
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-633-1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31331
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497829/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495018/100/0/threaded
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31230
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-August/msg00118.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2266/references
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020596
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1624
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31395
- http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2008-009.html
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |