CVE-2021-3516 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

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.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QVM4UJ3376I6ZVOYMHBNX4GY3NIV52WV/ https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/05/msg00008.html https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BZOMV5J4PMZAORVT64BKLV6YIZAFDGX6/ https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-05 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210716-0005/ https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.8