Debian Security Advisory
DLA-866-1 libxslt -- LTS security update
- Date Reported:
- 23 Mar 2017
- Affected Packages:
- libxslt
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 858546.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2017-5029. - More information:
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libxslt is vulnerable to an integer overflow in the xsltAddTextString function that can be exploited to trigger an out of bounds write on 64-bit systems.
For Debian 7
Wheezy
, this problem has been fixed in version 1.1.26-14.1+deb7u3.We recommend that you upgrade your libxslt packages.
Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS