CVEvulnerability
CVE-2021-3516
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2021-06-01
- Last modified
- 2026-10-14
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-416
Description
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.
Affected configurations
• xmlsoft xmllint (< 2.9.11)
• debian debian linux 9.0
• fedoraproject fedora 33
• fedoraproject fedora 34
• redhat jboss core services
• redhat enterprise linux 6.0
• redhat enterprise linux 7.0
• redhat enterprise linux 8.0
• netapp clustered data ontap
• netapp clustered data ontap antivirus connector
• netapp ontap select deploy administration utility
• oracle zfs storage appliance kit 8.8
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-416 Use After Free weakness
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1954225 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/commit/1358d157d0bd83be1dfe356a69213df9fac0b539 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/issues/230 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/05/msg00008.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BZOMV5J4PMZAORVT64BKLV6YIZAFDGX6/ lists.fedoraproject.org
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QVM4UJ3376I6ZVOYMHBNX4GY3NIV52WV/ lists.fedoraproject.org
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-05 Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210716-0005/ Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1954225 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/commit/1358d157d0bd83be1dfe356a69213df9fac0b539 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/issues/230 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/05/msg00008.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BZOMV5J4PMZAORVT64BKLV6YIZAFDGX6/ lists.fedoraproject.org
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QVM4UJ3376I6ZVOYMHBNX4GY3NIV52WV/ lists.fedoraproject.org
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-05 Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210716-0005/ Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html cert-portal.siemens.com