CVE-2008-2935

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    CVE-2008-2935

    Published: 1 Aug 2008Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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."

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/31230, http://secunia.com/advisories/31310, http://secunia.com/advisories/31331, http://secunia.com/advisories/31363, http://secunia.com/advisories/31395, http://secunia.com/advisories/31399, http://secunia.com/advisories/32453, http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200808-06.xml, http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1624, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:160, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-633-1, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2266/references, http://www.ocert.org/patches/exslt_crypt.patch, http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2008-009.html, http://www.ocert.org/patches/exslt_crypt.patch, http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4078, http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0306, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0649.html, http://www.scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2008-003.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/494976/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495018/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497829/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30467, http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020596, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44141, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10827, https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-August/msg00092.html, https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-August/msg00118.html

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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