CVE-2008-2935

CVSS V2 High 7.5 CVSS V3 None
Description
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."
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2008-2935
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2008-08-01T14:41:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2018-10-11T20:45:06
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-119 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/119.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxslt:1.1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxslt:1.1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxslt:1.1.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxslt:1.1.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxslt:1.1.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxslt:1.1.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxslt:1.1.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxslt:1.1.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxslt:1.1.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxslt:1.1.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxslt:1.1.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxslt:1.1.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxslt:1.1.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxslt:1.1.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxslt:1.1.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxslt:1.1.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxslt:1.1.24:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 7.5
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2008-009.html Patch
http://www.ocert.org/patches/exslt_crypt.patch Exploit Patch
http://www.scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2008-003.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30467
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-August/msg00092.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-633-1
http://secunia.com/advisories/31310
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200808-06.xml
http://secunia.com/advisories/31363
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-August/msg00118.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020596
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1624
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0649.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/31230
http://secunia.com/advisories/31395
http://secunia.com/advisories/31331
http://secunia.com/advisories/31399
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:160
http://secunia.com/advisories/32453
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0306
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4078
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2266/references
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44141
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10827
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497829/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495018/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/494976/100/0/threaded
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2935
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2935
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 18:28:29 Added to TrackCVE