CVE-2019-11068

Description

From CVE.org

libxslt through 1.1.33 allows bypass of a protection mechanism because callers of xsltCheckRead and xsltCheckWrite permit access even upon receiving a -1 error code. xsltCheckRead can return -1 for a crafted URL that is not actually invalid and is subsequently loaded.

Statement

Red Hat OpenStack will consume fixes from the base Red Hat Enterprise Linux Operating System. Therefore the package provided by Red Hat OpenStack has been marked as will not fix.

Mitigation

This flaw only applies to applications compiled against libxml2 which use xsltCheckRead and xsltCheckWrite functions and/or allow users to load arbitrary URLs to be parsed via libxml2. In all other cases, applications are not vulnerable.

Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) Score Details

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CVSS v3 Score Breakdown

Red HatNVDcve.org
Base Score6.39.89.8
Attack VectorNetworkNetworkNetwork
Attack ComplexityLowLowLow
Privileges RequiredNoneNoneNone
User InteractionRequiredNoneNone
ScopeUnchangedUnchangedUnchanged
ConfidentialityLowHighHigh
Integrity ImpactLowHighHigh
Availability ImpactLowHighHigh

Vector

Red Hat: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

NVD: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

cve.org: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Understanding the Weakness (CWE)

Other

Technical Impact: Varies by Context

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