cve-2021-3516
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-06-01 13:38
Modified
2024-08-03 16:53
Severity
Summary
There's a flaw in libxml2's xmllint in versions before 2.9.11. An attacker who is able to submit a crafted file to be processed by xmllint could trigger a use-after-free. The greatest impact of this flaw is to confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
References
SourceURLTags
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1954225Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/commit/1358d157d0bd83be1dfe356a69213df9fac0b539Patch, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/issues/230Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/05/msg00008.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BZOMV5J4PMZAORVT64BKLV6YIZAFDGX6/
secalert@redhat.comhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QVM4UJ3376I6ZVOYMHBNX4GY3NIV52WV/
secalert@redhat.comhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-05Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210716-0005/Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
VendorProduct
n/alibxml2
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