CVE-2011-1425
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
xslt.c in XML Security Library (aka xmlsec) before 1.2.17, as used in WebKit and other products, when XSLT is enabled, allows remote attackers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via vectors involving the libxslt output extension and a ds:Transform element during signature verification.
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CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score | 5.1 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | High |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | Partial |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
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Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (xmlsec1) | RHSA-2011:0486 | 2011-05-04 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (xmlsec1) | RHSA-2011:0486 | 2011-05-04 |
Acknowledgements
Red Hat would like to thank Nicolas Grégoire and Aleksey Sanin for reporting this issue.CVE description copyright © 2017, The MITRE Corporation