cve-2021-21707
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-11-29 06:25
Modified
2024-09-17 03:38
Severity ?
5.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Summary
Special characters break path parsing in XML functions
References
security@php.nethttps://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=79971Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
security@php.nethttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00030.htmlIssue Tracking, Mailing List
security@php.nethttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211223-0005/Third Party Advisory
security@php.nethttps://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5082Third Party Advisory
security@php.nethttps://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2022-09Patch, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
PHP GroupPHP
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