CVE-2021-3517
Published: August 31, 2023Last modified: August 31, 2023
Description
There is a flaw in the xml entity encoding functionality of libxml2 in versions before 2.9.11. An attacker who is able to supply a crafted file to be processed by an application linked with the affected functionality of libxml2 could trigger an out-of-bounds read. The most likely impact of this flaw is to application availability, with some potential impact to confidentiality and integrity if an attacker is able to use memory information to further exploit the application.
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 8.6 |
| Attack Vector | NETWORK |
| Attack complexity | LOW |
| Privileges required | NONE |
| User interaction | NONE |
| Scope | UNCHANGED |
| Confidentiality | LOW |
| Integrity impact | LOW |
| Availability impact | HIGH |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H |
Status
| Product | Release | Package | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpaquita Linux | 23 LTS | libxml2 | Not affected (2.10.4-r0) |
| Stream | libxml2 | Not affected (2.11.5-r0) |
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1954232
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/05/msg00008.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BZOMV5J4PMZAORVT64BKLV6YIZAFDGX6/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QVM4UJ3376I6ZVOYMHBNX4GY3NIV52WV/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/BZOMV5J4PMZAORVT64BKLV6YIZAFDGX6/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/QVM4UJ3376I6ZVOYMHBNX4GY3NIV52WV/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-05
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210625-0002/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211022-0004/
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html