Memory corruption in libffi - CVE-2017-1000376
Published: June 20, 2017 / Updated: June 21, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU7137
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-1000376
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to memory management errors in implementation of various functions under multiple operating systems. A local or remote attacker can use the GNU_STACK executable to manipulate the heap/stack, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
Affected software
libffi
Debian Linux
Ubuntu
Fedora
PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools
libffi
Debian Linux
Ubuntu
Fedora
PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools
libffi
How to mitigate CVE-2017-1000376
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.
libffi - update to 3.1-11.fc26