Use After Free Affecting libxml2 package, versions <2.9.4+dfsg1-7+deb10u2
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
User Interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.41% (74th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN10-LIBXML2-1277350
- published 28 Apr 2021
- disclosed 18 May 2021
Introduced: 28 Apr 2021
CVE-2021-3518 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:10
libxml2
to version 2.9.4+dfsg1-7+deb10u2 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libxml2
package and not the libxml2
package as distributed by Debian
.
See How to fix?
for Debian:10
relevant fixed versions and status.
There's a flaw in libxml2 in versions before 2.9.11. An attacker who is able to submit a crafted file to be processed by an application linked with libxml2 could trigger a use-after-free. The greatest impact from this flaw is to confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-3518
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210625-0002/
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212601
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212602
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212604
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212605
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BZOMV5J4PMZAORVT64BKLV6YIZAFDGX6/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QVM4UJ3376I6ZVOYMHBNX4GY3NIV52WV/
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Jul/54
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Jul/55
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Jul/58
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Jul/59
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-05
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1954242
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/05/msg00008.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- 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/