CVE-2017-5029
The xsltAddTextString function in transform.c in libxslt 1.1.29, as used in Blink in Google Chrome prior to 57.0.2987.98 for Mac, Windows, and Linux and 57.0.2987.108 for Android, lacked a check for integer overflow during a size calculation, which allowed a remote attacker to perform an out of bounds memory write via a crafted HTML page.
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
160 explicit affected versions
98 explicit affected versions
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
The xsltAddTextString function in transform.c in libxslt 1.1.29, as used in Blink in Google Chrome prior to 57.0.2987.98 for Mac, Windows, and Linux and 57.0.2987.108 for Android, lacked a check for integer overflow during a size calculation, which allowed a remote attacker to perform an out of bounds memory write via a crafted HTML page.
The xsltAddTextString function in transform.c in libxslt 1.1.29, as used in Nokogiri prior to 1.7.2, lacked a check for integer overflow during a size calculation, which allowed a remote attacker to perform an out of bounds memory write via a crafted HTML page.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0499.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3810
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96767
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038157
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/03/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
- https://crbug.com/676623
- https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxslt/commit/?id=08ab2774b870de1c7b5a48693df75e8154addae5
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-pf6m-fxpq-fg8v
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/nokogiri/CVE-2017-5029.yml
- https://github.com/sparklemotion/nokogiri
- https://github.com/sparklemotion/nokogiri/issues/1634
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5029
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5029
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3271-1