MGASA-2017-0254

    Dashboard / Vulnerabilities / MGASA-2017-0254

    MGASA-2017-0254

    Published: 10 Aug 2017Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-10672

    Summary: Updated perl-XML-LibXML packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: Use-after-free in the XML-LibXML module through 2.0129 for Perl allows attackers to execute arbitrary code by controlling the arguments to a replaceChild call (CVE-2017-10672)

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0254.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21332, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/CYPWMSEV5NK2JJCTOSA6SAI4RG6MVJH5/

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: perl-XML-LibXML

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/perl-XML-LibXML?arch=source&distro=mageia-5

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.12.100-1.1.mga5

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High