CVE-2017-0373

Severity: high (CVSS 7.3 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-05-23 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

The gen_class_pod implementation in lib/Config/Model/Utils/GenClassPod.pm in Config-Model (aka libconfig-model-perl) before 2.102 has a dangerous "use lib" line, which allows remote attackers to have an unspecified impact via a crafted Debian package file.

Affected products

libconfig-model-perl: through 2.101

References

http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/DDUMONT/Config-Model-2.102/Changes
https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/pkg-perl/packages/libconfig-model-perl.git/commit/?h=stretch&id=e7e5dd1a650939a0e021d1d5b311dbb3c4884773
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-0373
http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/DDUMONT/Config-Model-2.102/Changes
https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/pkg-perl/packages/libconfig-model-perl.git/commit/?h=stretch&id=e7e5dd1a650939a0e021d1d5b311dbb3c4884773
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-0373

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