Out-of-Bounds Affecting libxslt-python package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
4.8% (93rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-LIBXSLTPYTHON-5036373
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed25 May 2016

Introduced: 25 May 2016

CVE-2016-1683  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:7 libxslt-python.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libxslt-python package and not the libxslt-python package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

numbers.c in libxslt before 1.1.29, as used in Google Chrome before 51.0.2704.63, mishandles namespace nodes, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds heap memory access) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted document.

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