Fluid Attacks Database

Description

libxslt 1.1.26 and earlier, as used in Google Chrome before 21.0.1180.89, does not properly manage memory, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted XSLT expression that is not properly identified during XPath navigation, related to (1) the xsltCompileLocationPathPattern function in libxslt/pattern.c and (2) the xsltGenerateIdFunction function in libxslt/functions.c.

Mitigation

Update Impact

Minimal update. May introduce new vulnerabilities or breaking changes.

Ecosystem	Package	Affected version	Patched versions
debian 11	libxslt	>=0 <1.1.26-14	1.1.26-14
debian 12	libxslt	>=0 <1.1.26-14	1.1.26-14
debian 13	libxslt	>=0 <1.1.26-14	1.1.26-14
debian 14	libxslt	>=0 <1.1.26-14	1.1.26-14
rpm rhel5	libxslt	<0:1.1.17-4.el5_8.3	0:1.1.17-4.el5_8.3
rpm rhel6	libxslt	<0:1.1.26-2.el6_3.1	0:1.1.26-2.el6_3.1

Aliases

1. CVE-2012-28702. NVD-2012-28703. OSV-DEBIAN-2012-28704. OSV-2012-28705. SECURITY-TRACKER-CVE-2012-2870

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