CVE-2012-6139
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.0
Description
libxslt before 1.1.28 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via an (1) empty match attribute in a XSL key to the xsltAddKey function in keys.c or (2) uninitialized variable to the xsltDocumentFunction function in functions.c.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 1.1.26-14.1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 1.1.26-14.1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 1.1.26-14.1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 1.1.26-14.1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 1.1.26-14.1 |
| suse | 11.4 | affected | |
| suse | 12.1 | affected | |
| suse | 12.2 | affected | |
| suse | 12.3 | affected | |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| xmlsoft | libxslt | {"endIncluding":"1.1.27"} | |
| xmlsoft | libxslt | 0.0.1 | |
| xmlsoft | libxslt | 0.1.0 | |
| xmlsoft | libxslt | 0.2.0 | |
| xmlsoft | libxslt | 0.3.0 | |
| xmlsoft | libxslt | 0.4.0 | |
| xmlsoft | libxslt | 0.5.0 | |
| xmlsoft | libxslt | 0.6.0 | |
| xmlsoft | libxslt | 0.7.0 | |
| xmlsoft | libxslt | 0.8.0 | |
| xmlsoft | libxslt | 0.9.0 | |
| xmlsoft | libxslt | 0.10.0 | |
| xmlsoft | libxslt | 0.11.0 | |
| xmlsoft | libxslt | 0.12.0 | |
| xmlsoft | libxslt | 0.13.0 | |
| xmlsoft | libxslt | 0.14.0 | |
| xmlsoft | libxslt | 1.0.0 | |
| xmlsoft | libxslt | 1.0.1 | |
| xmlsoft | libxslt | 1.0.2 | |
| xmlsoft | libxslt | 1.0.3 | |
| xmlsoft | libxslt | 1.0.4 | |
| xmlsoft | libxslt | 1.0.5 | |
| xmlsoft | libxslt | 1.0.6 | |
| xmlsoft | libxslt | 1.0.7 | |
| xmlsoft | libxslt | 1.0.8 | |
| xmlsoft | libxslt | 1.0.9 | |
| xmlsoft | libxslt | 1.0.10 | |
| xmlsoft | libxslt | 1.0.11 | |
| xmlsoft | libxslt | 1.0.12 | |
| xmlsoft | libxslt | 1.0.13 | |
| xmlsoft | libxslt | 1.0.14 | |
| xmlsoft | libxslt | 1.0.15 | |
| xmlsoft | libxslt | 1.0.16 | |
| xmlsoft | libxslt | 1.0.17 | |
| xmlsoft | libxslt | 1.0.18 | |
| xmlsoft | libxslt | 1.0.19 | |
| xmlsoft | libxslt | 1.0.20 | |
| xmlsoft | libxslt | 1.0.21 | |
| xmlsoft | libxslt | 1.0.22 | |
| xmlsoft | libxslt | 1.0.23 | |
| xmlsoft | libxslt | 1.0.24 | |
| xmlsoft | libxslt | 1.0.25 | |
| xmlsoft | libxslt | 1.0.26 | |
| xmlsoft | libxslt | 1.0.27 | |
| xmlsoft | libxslt | 1.0.28 | |
| xmlsoft | libxslt | 1.0.29 | |
| xmlsoft | libxslt | 1.0.30 | |
| xmlsoft | libxslt | 1.0.31 | |
| xmlsoft | libxslt | 1.0.32 | |
| xmlsoft | libxslt | 1.0.33 | |
| xmlsoft | libxslt | 1.1.0 | |
| xmlsoft | libxslt | 1.1.1 | |
| xmlsoft | libxslt | 1.1.2 | |
| xmlsoft | libxslt | 1.1.3 | |
| xmlsoft | libxslt | 1.1.4 | |
| xmlsoft | libxslt | 1.1.5 | |
| xmlsoft | libxslt | 1.1.6 | |
| xmlsoft | libxslt | 1.1.7 | |
| xmlsoft | libxslt | 1.1.8 | |
| xmlsoft | libxslt | 1.1.9 | |
| xmlsoft | libxslt | 1.1.10 | |
| xmlsoft | libxslt | 1.1.11 | |
| xmlsoft | libxslt | 1.1.12 | |
| xmlsoft | libxslt | 1.1.13 | |
| xmlsoft | libxslt | 1.1.14 | |
| xmlsoft | libxslt | 1.1.15 | |
| xmlsoft | libxslt | 1.1.16 | |
| xmlsoft | libxslt | 1.1.17 | |
| xmlsoft | libxslt | 1.1.18 | |
| xmlsoft | libxslt | 1.1.19 | |
| xmlsoft | libxslt | 1.1.20 | |
| xmlsoft | libxslt | 1.1.21 | |
| xmlsoft | libxslt | 1.1.22 | |
| xmlsoft | libxslt | 1.1.23 | |
| xmlsoft | libxslt | 1.1.24 | |
| xmlsoft | libxslt | 1.1.25 | |
| xmlsoft | libxslt | 1.1.26 | |
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/102065.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00020.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-04/msg00028.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/52745
- http://secunia.com/advisories/52805
- http://secunia.com/advisories/52813
- http://secunia.com/advisories/52884
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2654
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:141
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1028338
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1784-1
- http://xmlsoft.org/XSLT/news.html
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=685328
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=685330
- https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxslt/commit/?id=6c99c519d97e5fcbec7a9537d190efb442e4e833
- https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxslt/commit/?id=dc11b6b379a882418093ecc8adf11f6166682e8d
- https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2013-0107
- 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
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-6139
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