Use After Free Affecting python3-libxslt-debuginfo package, versions <0:1.1.43-1.amzn2023.0.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (12th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2023-PYTHON3LIBXSLTDEBUGINFO-9598193
  • published2 Apr 2025
  • disclosed14 Mar 2025

Introduced: 14 Mar 2025

NewCVE-2025-24855  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2023 python3-libxslt-debuginfo to version 0:1.1.43-1.amzn2023.0.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2023-2025-909.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python3-libxslt-debuginfo package and not the python3-libxslt-debuginfo package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2023 relevant fixed versions and status.

numbers.c in libxslt before 1.1.43 has a use-after-free because, in nested XPath evaluations, an XPath context node can be modified but never restored. This is related to xsltNumberFormatGetValue, xsltEvalXPathPredicate, xsltEvalXPathStringNs, and xsltComputeSortResultInternal.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1