CVE-2008-2935

Name	CVE-2008-2935
Description	Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the rc4 (1) encryption (aka exsltCryptoRc4EncryptFunction) and (2) decryption (aka exsltCryptoRc4DecryptFunction) functions in crypto.c in libexslt in libxslt 1.1.8 through 1.1.24 allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via an XML file containing a long string as "an argument in the XSL input."
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
References	DSA-1624-1, DTSA-152-1
Debian Bugs	493162

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
libxslt (PTS)	bullseye (security), bullseye	1.1.34-4+deb11u1	fixed
	bookworm	1.1.35-1	fixed
	sid, trixie	1.1.35-1.1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Origin	Debian Bugs
libxslt	source	etch	1.1.19-3	DSA-1624-1
libxslt	source	lenny	1.1.24-1+lenny1	DTSA-152-1
libxslt	source	(unstable)	1.1.24-2		493162

http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2008-009.html