Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 1, 2008· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2008-2935
CVE-2008-2935
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."
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Affected products
19cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxslt:1.1.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 16 more
- cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxslt:1.1.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxslt:1.1.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxslt:1.1.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxslt:1.1.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxslt:1.1.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxslt:1.1.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxslt:1.1.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxslt:1.1.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxslt:1.1.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxslt:1.1.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxslt:1.1.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxslt:1.1.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxslt:1.1.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxslt:1.1.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxslt:1.1.24:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxslt:1.1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxslt:1.1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
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References
27- www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2008-009.htmlnvdPatch
- www.ocert.org/patches/exslt_crypt.patchnvdExploitPatch
- secunia.com/advisories/31230nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/31310nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/31331nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/31363nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/31395nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/31399nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/32453nvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200808-06.xmlnvd
- securityreason.com/securityalert/4078nvd
- wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0306nvd
- www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1624nvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0649.htmlnvd
- www.scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2008-003.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/494976/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495018/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497829/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/30467nvd
- www.securitytracker.com/idnvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-633-1nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2266/referencesnvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44141nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10827nvd
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-August/msg00092.htmlnvd
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-August/msg00118.htmlnvd
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