CVE-2021-3537

 

Published at: - 14-05-2021 10:15

Last modified: - 24-09-2022 05:58

Total changes: - 12

Description

A vulnerability found in libxml2 in versions before 2.9.11 shows that it did not propagate errors while parsing XML mixed content, causing a NULL dereference. If an untrusted XML document was parsed in recovery mode and post-validated, the flaw could be used to crash the application. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS)

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

 

Verification logic

 

Reference

• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1956522
• FEDORA-2021-e3ed1ba38b-Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• [debian-lts-announce] 20210510 [SECURITY] [DLA 2653-1] libxml2 security update-Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• FEDORA-2021-b950000d2b-Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210625-0002/
• GLSA-202107-05-Third Party Advisory
• https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
• https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
• N/A-

 

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