#VU32709 Input validation error in libxslt - CVE-2012-6139 

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#VU32709 Input validation error in libxslt - CVE-2012-6139

Published: April 13, 2013 / Updated: July 28, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU32709
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-6139
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
libxslt
Software vendor:
Gnome Development Team

Description

The vulnerability allows remote attackers to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via an (1) empty match attribute in a XSL key to the xsltAddKey function in keys.c or (2) uninitialized variable to the xsltDocumentFunction function in functions.c.


Remediation

Update to version 1.1.28.

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