#VU18276 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in libxslt - CVE-2019-11068
Published: April 16, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU18276
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: 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:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-11068
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
libxslt
libxslt
Software vendor:
Gnome Development Team
Gnome Development Team
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass certain security restrictions.
The vulnerability exists due to an error within the xsltCheckRead() and xsltCheckWrite() functions when processing requests from remote servers. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted URL that will result in "-1 error" code but the URL itself will be processed by the application later.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to bypass certain security restrictions and perform XXE attacks.Remediation
Install updates from vendor's GIT repository.