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Medium
CVE-2013-4520
xslt.c in libxslt before 1.1.25 allows context-dependent attackers to cause...
Vulnerability Description
xslt.c in libxslt before 1.1.25 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a stylesheet that embeds a DTD, which causes a structure to be accessed as a different type. NOTE: this issue is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2012-2825.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q4/239
- https://gitorious.org/libxslt/libxslt/commit/7089a62b8f133b42a2981cf1f920a8b3fe9a8caa
- 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
- http://secunia.com/advisories/56072
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=849019
- http://www.osvdb.org/99671
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q4/238
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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
Timeline
Official Publish:
December 14th, 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.