UBUNTU-CVE-2021-23418

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2021-23418

    Published: 29 Jul 2021Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2021-23418
    Aliases:
    USN-5187-1

    Summary:

    Details: The package glances before 3.2.1 are vulnerable to XML External Entity (XXE) Injection via the use of Fault to parse untrusted XML data, which is known to be vulnerable to XML attacks.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-23418, https://github.com/nicolargo/glances/commit/85d5a6b4af31fcf785d5a61086cbbd166b40b07a, https://github.com/nicolargo/glances/issues/1025, https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-PYTHON-GLANCES-1311807, https://github.com/nicolargo/glances/commit/9d6051be4a42f692392049fdbfc85d5dfa458b32, https://github.com/nicolargo/glances/commit/4b87e979afdc06d98ed1b48da31e69eaa3a9fb94, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5187-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-23418

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: glances

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.3-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

    Affected versions

    2.3-1build1

    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
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