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Status published
Medium
CVE-2012-6139
libxslt before 1.1.28 allows remote attackers to cause a denial...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1784-1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/52884
- http://secunia.com/advisories/52813
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=685330
- 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
- https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxslt/commit/?id=dc11b6b379a882418093ecc8adf11f6166682e8d
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00028.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00020.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:141
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1028338
- http://xmlsoft.org/XSLT/news.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/52745
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/102065.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/52805
- https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2013-0107
- https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxslt/commit/?id=6c99c519d97e5fcbec7a9537d190efb442e4e833
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=685328
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2654
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Vulnerable Versions:
0, 0.0.1, 0.1.0, 0.2.0, 0.3.0, 0.4.0, 0.5.0, 0.6.0, 0.7.0, 0.8.0, 0.9.0, 0.10.0, 0.11.0, 0.12.0, 0.13.0, 0.14.0, 1.0.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.0.3, 1.0.4, 1.0.5, 1.0.6, 1.0.7, 1.0.8, 1.0.9, 1.0.10, 1.0.11, 1.0.12, 1.0.13, 1.0.14, 1.0.15, 1.0.16, 1.0.17, 1.0.18, 1.0.19, 1.0.20, 1.0.21, 1.0.22, 1.0.23, 1.0.24, 1.0.25, 1.0.26, 1.0.27, 1.0.28, 1.0.29, 1.0.30, 1.0.31, 1.0.32, 1.0.33, 1.1.0, 1.1.1, 1.1.2, 1.1.3, 1.1.4, 1.1.5, 1.1.6, 1.1.7, 1.1.8, 1.1.9, 1.1.10, 1.1.11, 1.1.12, 1.1.13, 1.1.14, 1.1.15, 1.1.16, 1.1.17, 1.1.18, 1.1.19, 1.1.20, 1.1.21, 1.1.22, 1.1.23, 1.1.24, 1.1.25, 1.1.26, 11.4, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3
Timeline
Official Publish:
April 12th, 2013
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.