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CVE-2008-2935

Date: August 1, 2008

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."

Severity Score

7.3

Related Resources (30)

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/32453

Url: https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-August/msg00118.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/31363

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2935

Url: http://www.scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2008-003.html

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2266/references

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

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

Url: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44141

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/494976/100/0/threaded

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

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30467

Url: http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4078

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/31331

Url: http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020596

Url: http://www.ocert.org/patches/exslt_crypt.patch

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/31230

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/31395

Url: http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2008-009.html

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

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/31399

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/31310

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497829/100/0/threaded

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

Url: https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10827

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-2935

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495018/100/0/threaded

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

Url: https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-August/msg00092.html

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2008-2935

Severity Score

7.3

Weakness Type (CWE)

Buffer Errors

CWE-119

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	7.3
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	LOW
Integrity (I):	LOW
Availability (A):	LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:	7.5
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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CVE-2008-2935

Date: August 1, 2008

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