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    CVE-2021-3516

    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.

    Published:Apr 21, 2021
    Last Modified:Nov 21, 2024
    EPS:Jun 1, 2021
    EPSS Score:0.00362
    CVSS Score:7.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Debian
    Product
    Debian Linux
    Vendor
    Fedoraproject
    Product
    Fedora
    Vendor
    Netapp
    Product
    Clustered Data Ontap
    Vendor
    Netapp
    Product
    Clustered Data Ontap Antivirus Connector
    Vendor
    Netapp
    Product
    Ontap Select Deploy Administration Utility
    Vendor
    Oracle
    Product
    Zfs Storage Appliance Kit
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Jboss Core Services
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Rhmt
    Vendor
    Xmlsoft
    Product
    Xmllint

    Exploits

    https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/issues/230https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/issues/230https://github.com/dja2TaqkGEEfA45/CVE-2021-3516

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE-416 Use After Free

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    References

    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1954225
    https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/commit/1358d157d0bd83be1dfe356a69213df9fac0b539
    https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/issues/230
    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://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-05
    https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210716-0005/
    https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1954225
    https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/commit/1358d157d0bd83be1dfe356a69213df9fac0b539
    https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/issues/230
    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://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-05
    https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210716-0005/
    https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High