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title: "CVE-2008-2935\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2008-2935

Publication date 1 August 2008

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## 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."

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| libxslt | 8.04 LTS hardy | Fixed 1.1.22-1ubuntu1.1 |
| 7.10 gutsy | Fixed 1.1.21-2ubuntu2.1 |
| 7.04 feisty | Fixed 1.1.20-0ubuntu2.1 |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Fixed 1.1.15-1ubuntu1.1 |

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## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2935)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2935)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2008-2935)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-2935)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-633-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-633-1)
+ libxslt vulnerabilities
+ 1 August 2008

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-2935>