libxslt: Multiple vulnerabilities

libxslt: Multiple vulnerabilities Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in libxslt, the worst of which may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code. libxslt 2018-04-04 2018-04-04 598204 612194 remote 1.1.30 1.1.30

libxslt is the XSLT C library developed for the GNOME project. XSLT is an XML language to define transformations for XML.

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in libxslt. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

A remote attacker, via a crafted HTML page, could possibly execute arbitrary code, cause a Denial of Service condition or leak information.

There is no known workaround at this time.

All libxslt users should upgrade to the latest version:


      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/libxslt-1.1.30"

CVE-2016-4738 CVE-2017-5029 BlueKnight b-man