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Unscored Public exploit CVE-2011-1425 EUVD-2011-1430GHSA-63qq-pm7h-vc34

xslt.c in XML Security Library (aka xmlsec) before 1.2.17, as used in WebKit and other products, when XSLT is enabled, allows remote attack…

Published Apr 3, 2011 · Updated Aug 6, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Package: xmlsec1 Ecosystem: Debian

Description

xslt.c in XML Security Library (aka xmlsec) before 1.2.17, as used in WebKit and other products, when XSLT is enabled, allows remote attackers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via vectors involving the libxslt output extension and a ds:Transform element during signature verification.

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

Debian

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 xmlsec1 1.2.14-1.1 —
Debian 13 xmlsec1 1.2.14-1.1 —
Debian 12 xmlsec1 1.2.14-1.1 —
Debian 6.0 xmlsec1 1.2.14-1+squeeze1 DSA-2219-1
Debian 5.0 xmlsec1 1.2.9-5+lenny1 DSA-2219-1

Red Hat

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 5 xmlsec1 +7 1.2.9-8.1.2 RHSA-2011:0486
RHEL 4 xmlsec1 +3 1.2.6-3.2 RHSA-2011:0486

Public exploits

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Exploit-DB 1

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Advisories 2

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