SB2018040416 - Gentoo update for libxslt
Published: April 4, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018040416
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
2
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Memory corruption (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-4738)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.The weakness exists due to boundary error. A remote attacker can trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability my result in system compromise.
2) Memory corruption (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-5029)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to write arbitrary files, cause DoS condition or execute arbitrary files on the target system.The weakness exists in the xsltAddTextString function in transform.c due to lack of a check for integer overflow during a size calculation. A remote attacker can submit a specially crafted HTML page, trigger out-of-bounds write, write arbitrary files, cause the service to crash or execute arbitrary code.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.