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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201804-01
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Severity: Normal
Title: libxslt: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: April 04, 2018
Bugs: #598204, #612194
ID: 201804-01

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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in libxslt, the worst of which
may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code.

Background
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libxslt is the XSLT C library developed for the GNOME project. XSLT is
an XML language to define transformations for XML.

Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 dev-libs/libxslt < 1.1.30 >= 1.1.30

Description
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in libxslt. Please review
the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact
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A remote attacker, via a crafted HTML page, could possibly execute
arbitrary code, cause a Denial of Service condition or leak
information.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All libxslt users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge –sync
# emerge –ask –oneshot –verbose “>=dev-libs/libxslt-1.1.30”

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2016-4738
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4738
[ 2 ] CVE-2017-5029
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5029

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-01

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users’ machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2018 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons – Attribution / Share Alike license.

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5
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