5.1
MEDIUM CVSS 2.0
CVE-2011-1425
XML Security Library XSLT File Creation Vulnerability
Description

xslt.c in XML Security Library (aka xmlsec) before 1.2.17, as used in WebKit and other products, when XSLT is enabled, allows remote attackers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via vectors involving the libxslt output extension and a ds:Transform element during signature verification.

INFO

Published Date :

April 4, 2011, 12:27 p.m.

Last Modified :

April 11, 2025, 12:51 a.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2011-1425 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Apple webkit
1 Aleksey xml_security_library
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 2.0 MEDIUM [email protected]
Solution
Follow the instructions below to mitigate the CVE-2011-1425 vulnerability.
All FMOD Studio users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=media-libs/fmod-4.38.00' All PEAR Mail users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-php/PEAR-Mail-1.2.0' All LVM2 users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=sys-fs/lvm2-2.02.72' All GnuCash users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-office/gnucash-2.4.4' All xine-lib users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=media-libs/xine-lib-1.1.19' All Last.fm Scrobbler users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=media-sound/lastfmplayer-1.5.4.26862-r3' All WebKitGTK+ users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-libs/webkit-gtk-1.2.7' All shadow tool suite users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=sys-apps/shadow-4.1.4.3' All PEAR users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-php/PEAR-PEAR-1.9.2-r1' All unixODBC users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-db/unixODBC-2.3.0-r1' All Resource Agents users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=sys-cluster/resource-agents-1.0.4-r1' All mrouted users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-misc/mrouted-3.9.5' All rsync users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-misc/rsync-3.0.8' All XML Security Library users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-libs/xmlsec-1.2.17' All xrdb users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=x11-apps/xrdb-1.0.9' All Vino users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-misc/vino-2.32.2' All OProfile users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-util/oprofile-0.9.6-r1' All syslog-ng users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-admin/syslog-ng-3.2.4' All sFlow Toolkit users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-analyzer/sflowtool-3.20' All GNOME Display Manager users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=gnome-base/gdm-3.8.4-r3' All libsoup users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-libs/libsoup-2.34.3' All CA Certificates users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-misc/ca-certificates-20110502-r1' All Gitolite users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-vcs/gitolite-1.5.9.1' All QtCreator users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-util/qt-creator-2.1.0' Gentoo has discontinued support for Racer. We recommend that users unmerge Racer: # emerge --unmerge 'games-sports/racer-bin' NOTE: This is a legacy GLSA. Updates for all affected architectures have been available since 2012. It is likely that your system is already no longer affected by these issues.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2011-1425.

URL Resource
http://git.gnome.org/browse/xmlsec/commit/?id=2d5eddcc4163ea050cf3a3a1a25452bb5124f780 Patch
http://git.gnome.org/browse/xmlsec/commit/?id=35eaacde6093d6711339754fc2146341b8b9f5fa Patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/43920 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/44167
http://secunia.com/advisories/44423
http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/79159
http://www.aleksey.com/pipermail/xmlsec/2011/009120.html Patch
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2219
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:063
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0486.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47135
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025284
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0855
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0858
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1010
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1172
https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=52688
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=692133 Patch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66506
http://git.gnome.org/browse/xmlsec/commit/?id=2d5eddcc4163ea050cf3a3a1a25452bb5124f780 Patch
http://git.gnome.org/browse/xmlsec/commit/?id=35eaacde6093d6711339754fc2146341b8b9f5fa Patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/43920 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/44167
http://secunia.com/advisories/44423
http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/79159
http://www.aleksey.com/pipermail/xmlsec/2011/009120.html Patch
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2219
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:063
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0486.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47135
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025284
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0855
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0858
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1010
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1172
https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=52688
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=692133 Patch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66506
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2011-1425 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2011-1425 weaknesses.

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2011-1425 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2011-1425 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://git.gnome.org/browse/xmlsec/commit/?id=2d5eddcc4163ea050cf3a3a1a25452bb5124f780
    Added Reference http://git.gnome.org/browse/xmlsec/commit/?id=35eaacde6093d6711339754fc2146341b8b9f5fa
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/43920
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/44167
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/44423
    Added Reference http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/79159
    Added Reference http://www.aleksey.com/pipermail/xmlsec/2011/009120.html
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2219
    Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:063
    Added Reference http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0486.html
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47135
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025284
    Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0855
    Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0858
    Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1010
    Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1172
    Added Reference https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=52688
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=692133
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66506
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 17, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/66506 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66506 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 04, 2011

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 5.1
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

9.90 }} 0.29%

score

0.92641

percentile