Fluid Attacks Database

Description

The xsltStylePreCompute function in preproc.c in libxslt 1.1.28 does not check if the parent node is an element, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted XML file, related to a "type confusion" issue.

Mitigation

Update Impact

Minimal update. May introduce new vulnerabilities or breaking changes.

Ecosystem	Package	Affected version	Patched versions
debian 13	libxslt	>=0 <1.1.28-2.1	1.1.28-2.1
debian 11	libxslt	>=0 <1.1.28-2.1	1.1.28-2.1
debian 14	libxslt	>=0 <1.1.28-2.1	1.1.28-2.1
debian 12	libxslt	>=0 <1.1.28-2.1	1.1.28-2.1
rpm rhel7	libxslt	-	-
rpm rhel5	libxslt	-	-
rpm rhel6	libxslt	-	-

Aliases

1. CVE-2015-79952. NVD-2015-79953. OSV-DEBIAN-2015-79954. OSV-2015-79955. SECURITY-TRACKER-CVE-2015-7995

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