Use-after-free in Debian Linux - CVE-2017-10672

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Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU38798

Use-after-free in Debian Linux - CVE-2017-10672

Published: June 29, 2017 / Updated: August 8, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU38798
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-10672
CWE-ID: CWE-416
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Debian
Affected software:
Debian Linux

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.

Use-after-free in the XML-LibXML module through 2.0129 for Perl allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by controlling the arguments to a replaceChild call.


How to mitigate CVE-2017-10672

Install update from vendor's website.

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