SB2019121134 - Denial of service in libxslt
Published: December 11, 2019 Updated: August 22, 2022
Security Bulletin ID
SB2019121134
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Type Confusion (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-5815)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a type confusion error within the xsltNumberFormatGetMultipleLevel. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted XML data to the application, trigger a type confusion error and crash the application.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.