<p>Upgrade <code>Ubuntu:16.04</code> <code>libxslt</code> to version 1.1.28-2.1ubuntu0.3+esm1 or higher.</p>

Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion') Affecting libxslt package, versions <1.1.28-2.1ubuntu0.3+esm1

Snyk CVSS

Attack Complexity Low

Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS 0.43% (75^th percentile)

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Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU1604-LIBXSLT-2961781
published 10 Sep 2020
disclosed 11 Dec 2019

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Introduced: 11 Dec 2019

CVE-2019-5815 Open this link in a new tab CWE-843 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:16.04 libxslt to version 1.1.28-2.1ubuntu0.3+esm1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libxslt package and not the libxslt package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:16.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

Type confusion in xsltNumberFormatGetMultipleLevel prior to libxslt 1.1.33 could allow attackers to potentially exploit heap corruption via crafted XML data.