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CVE-2008-2935 Detail

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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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://secunia.com/advisories/31230 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/31310 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/31331 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/31363 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/31395 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/31399 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/32453 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200808-06.xml CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4078 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0306 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1624 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:160 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2008-009.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch 
http://www.ocert.org/patches/exslt_crypt.patch CVE, Inc., Red Hat Exploit  Patch 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0649.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2008-003.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/494976/100/0/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495018/100/0/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497829/100/0/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30467 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020596 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-633-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2266/references CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44141 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10827 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-August/msg00092.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-August/msg00118.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-2935
NVD Published Date:
08/01/2008
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.