SB2019111703 - Information disclosure in libxslt (Alpine package)

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SB2019111703 - Information disclosure in libxslt (Alpine package)

Published: November 17, 2019

Security Bulletin ID SB2019111703
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Information disclosure

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.


1) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-13118)

CWE-ID: CWE-200 - Exposure of sensitive information to an unauthorized actor

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear


The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to uninitialized stack data exposure in numbers.c in libxslt library when processing an invalid character/length combination in xsltNumberFormatDecimal. A remote attacker can gain pass specially crafted data to the application using the affected library and gain access to sensitive information.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References