#859796 libxslt: CVE-2015-9019

Package:
src:libxslt
Source:
libxslt
Submitter:
Salvatore Bonaccorso
Date:
2025-08-13 14:01:02 UTC
Severity:
important
Tags:
#859796#5
Date:
2017-04-07 13:15:03 UTC
From:
To:
Hi,

the following vulnerability was published for libxslt.

CVE-2015-9019[0]:
| In libxslt 1.1.29 and earlier, the EXSLT math.random function was not
| initialized with a random seed during startup, which could cause usage
| of this function to produce predictable outputs.

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

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-9019
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-9019
[1] https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=758400
[2] https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=934119

Regards,
Salvatore

#859796#12
Date:
2025-08-13 13:58:10 UTC
From:
To:
This issue was fixed with the upload of 1.1.32-1 on 26 May 2018, closing.

Regards,
Aron