National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2012-2871

Overview

libxml2 2.9.0-rc1 and earlier, as used in Google Chrome before 21.0.1180.89, does not properly support a cast of an unspecified variable during handling of XSL transforms, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unknown other impact via a crafted document, related to the _xmlNs data structure in include/libxml/tree.h.

Description

Per: http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/704.html 'CWE-704: Incorrect Type Conversion or Cast'

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

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External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://chromiumcodereview.appspot.com/10824157

Hyperlink:https://chromiumcodereview.appspot.com/10824157

External Source: XF

Name: chrome-xsl-transforms-code-exec(78179)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/78179

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDVSA-2012:164

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:164

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-2555

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2555

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome/trunk/src/third_party/libxml/src/include/libxml/tree.h?view=log

Hyperlink:http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome/trunk/src/third_party/libxml/src/include/libxml/tree.h?view=log

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome/trunk/src/third_party/libxml/src/include/libxml/tree.h?r1=56276&r2=149930

Hyperlink:http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome/trunk/src/third_party/libxml/src/include/libxml/tree.h?r1=56276&r2=149930

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 50838

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/50838

External Source: SUSE

Name: openSUSE-SU-2012:1215

Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00030.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/08/stable-channel-update_30.html

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2012/08/stable-channel-update_30.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=138673

Hyperlink:http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=138673