CVE-2024-55549 Affecting libxslt package, versions <1.1.42-r2


Severity

Recommended
low

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE321-LIBXSLT-9407516
  • published15 Mar 2025
  • disclosed14 Mar 2025

Introduced: 14 Mar 2025

NewCVE-2024-55549  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.21 libxslt to version 1.1.42-r2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libxslt package and not the libxslt package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.21 relevant fixed versions and status.

xsltGetInheritedNsList in libxslt before 1.1.43 has a use-after-free issue related to exclusion of result prefixes.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1