Input validation error in libxslt - CVE-2015-7995

 

Input validation error in libxslt - CVE-2015-7995

Published: November 17, 2015 / Updated: August 3, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU33246
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-7995
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows 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 via a crafted XML file, related to a "type confusion" issue.


Affected software

libxslt
libxslt (Alpine package)
Slackware Linux

How to mitigate CVE-2015-7995

Update to version 1.1.29.

libxslt - update to 1.1.29
libxslt (Alpine package) - addressed in versions 1.1.28-r2, 1.1.29-r0

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