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: 9.3 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-10672
CWE-ID: CWE-416
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
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.
Affected software
Debian Linux
Arch Linux
SUSE Linux
Fedora
perl-XML-LibXML
Arch Linux
SUSE Linux
Fedora
perl-XML-LibXML
How to mitigate CVE-2017-10672
Install update from vendor's website.
perl-XML-LibXML - addressed in versions 2.0128-2.fc24, 2.0129-2.fc25, 2.0129-2.fc26