Use After Free Affecting libxml2-python27 package, versions <0:2.9.1-6.4.40.amzn1
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-AMZN201803-LIBXML2PYTHON27-1723773
- published 27 Sep 2021
- disclosed 28 Aug 2018
Introduced: 28 Aug 2018
CVE-2017-15412 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03
libxml2-python27
to version 0:2.9.1-6.4.40.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2020-1415
.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libxml2-python27
package and not the libxml2-python27
package as distributed by Amazon-Linux
.
See How to fix?
for Amazon-Linux:2018.03
relevant fixed versions and status.
Use after free in libxml2 before 2.9.5, as used in Google Chrome prior to 63.0.3239.84 and other products, allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.
References
- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-15412
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4086
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-03
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=783160
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
- https://crbug.com/727039
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00014.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3401
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0287
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040348