<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> <glsa id="201804-01"> <title>libxslt: Multiple vulnerabilities</title> <synopsis>Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in libxslt, the worst of which may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code. </synopsis> <product type="ebuild">libxslt</product> <announced>2018-04-04</announced> <revised count="1">2018-04-04</revised> <bug>598204</bug> <bug>612194</bug> <access>remote</access> <affected> <package name="dev-libs/libxslt" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">1.1.30</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">1.1.30</vulnerable> </package> </affected> <background> <p>libxslt is the XSLT C library developed for the GNOME project. XSLT is an XML language to define transformations for XML. </p> </background> <description> <p>Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in libxslt. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. </p> </description> <impact type="normal"> <p>A remote attacker, via a crafted HTML page, could possibly execute arbitrary code, cause a Denial of Service condition or leak information. </p> </impact> <workaround> <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p> </workaround> <resolution> <p>All libxslt users should upgrade to the latest version:</p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/libxslt-1.1.30" </code> </resolution> <references> <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4738">CVE-2016-4738</uri> <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5029">CVE-2017-5029</uri> </references> <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2017-04-19T05:20:01Z">BlueKnight</metadata> <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2018-04-04T01:51:21Z">b-man</metadata> </glsa>