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Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2011-1425

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.

Products
xmlsec1
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
1.2.14-1.1
CVEs
CVE-2011-1425
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 22:31 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2011-1425

core-osv · Original source

Published 4 Apr 2011, 12:27 UTC

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.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2011-1425

xmlsec1

Fixed versions: 1.2.14-1.1

xmlsec1

Fixed versions: 1.2.14-1.1

xmlsec1

Fixed versions: 1.2.14-1.1

Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2011-1425",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "DEBIAN-CVE-2011-1425",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2011-1425",
    "products": [
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "xmlsec1",
          "evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "1.2.14-1.1",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      },
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "xmlsec1",
          "evidence": "/affected/1/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "1.2.14-1.1",
            "evidence": "/affected/1/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      },
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "xmlsec1",
          "evidence": "/affected/2/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
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          {
            "value": "1.2.14-1.1",
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          }
        ],
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      }
    ],
    "severity": "unknown",
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                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "xmlsec1",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/xmlsec1?arch=source&distro=bookworm",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:12"
          },
          "database_specific": {
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          },
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            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
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        },
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          ],
          "package": {
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          },
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          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
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          }
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          ],
          "package": {
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          },
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          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-23T17:47:23.063984962Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "upstream": [
        "CVE-2011-1425"
      ],
      "references": [
        "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-1425"
      ]
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2011-1425",
        "evidence": "/upstream"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": null
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 416633,
  "published_at": "2011-04-04T12:27:57.437+00:00"
}