[xml/sgml-pkgs] Bug#858546: CVE-2017-5029: Integer overflow in xsltAddTextString

[Raphael Hertzog]

Source: libxslt
Severity: important
Tags: security patch

Hi,

the following vulnerability was published for libxslt. The issue can be
exploited to trigger an out of bounds write on 64-bit systems.

CVE-2017-5029[0]:
Integer overflow in xsltAddTextString

If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

Upstream has committed a patch here:
https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxslt/commit/?id=08ab2774b870de1c7b5a48693df75e8154addae5

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-5029
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5029
    Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

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