CVE-2012-2870

Publication date 31 August 2012

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

Description

libxslt 1.1.26 and earlier, as used in Google Chrome before 21.0.1180.89, does not properly manage memory, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted XSLT expression that is not properly identified during XPath navigation, related to (1) the xsltCompileLocationPathPattern function in libxslt/pattern.c and (2) the xsltGenerateIdFunction function in libxslt/functions.c.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
chromium-browser 12.10 quantal
Fixed in 3.0.1271.97-0ubuntu0.12.10.1
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed in 3.0.1271.97-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
11.10 oneiric
Fixed in 3.0.1271.97-0ubuntu0.11.10.1
11.04 natty Ignored end of life
10.04 LTS lucid
Fixed in 3.0.1271.97-0ubuntu0.10.04.1
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release
libxslt 12.10 quantal
Not affected
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed in 1.1.26-8ubuntu1.2
11.10 oneiric
Fixed in 1.1.26-7ubuntu0.1
11.04 natty
Fixed in 1.1.26-6ubuntu0.1
10.04 LTS lucid
Fixed in 1.1.26-1ubuntu1.1
8.04 LTS hardy
Fixed in 1.1.22-1ubuntu1.3

Notes

jdstrand

mdeslaur provided the update for libxslt

Patch details

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Package Patch details
chromium-browser
libxslt

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-1595-1
    • libxslt vulnerabilities
    • 4 October 2012

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