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CVE-2012-6139 Detail

Description

libxslt before 1.1.28 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via an (1) empty match attribute in a XSL key to the xsltAddKey function in keys.c or (2) uninitialized variable to the xsltDocumentFunction function in functions.c.


Evaluator Description

Per: http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/476.html 'CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference'

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Hyperlink Resource
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/102065.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00020.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00028.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2654
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:141
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1028338
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1784-1
http://xmlsoft.org/XSLT/news.html
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=685328 Exploit  Patch 
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=685330 Patch 
https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxslt/commit/?id=6c99c519d97e5fcbec7a9537d190efb442e4e833 Patch 
https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxslt/commit/?id=dc11b6b379a882418093ecc8adf11f6166682e8d Exploit  Patch 
https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2013-0107
https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2013/suse-su-20131654-1.html
https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2013/suse-su-20131656-1.html

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
NVD-CWE-Other Other cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2012-6139
NVD Published Date:
04/12/2013
NVD Last Modified:
10/30/2018
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.