CVE-2021-3517: Out-of-bounds Write
(updated )
There is a flaw in the xml entity encoding functionality of libxml2 The most likely impact of this flaw is to application availability, with some potential impact to confidentiality and integrity if an attacker is able to use memory information to further exploit the application.
References
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1954232
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/05/msg00008.html
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BZOMV5J4PMZAORVT64BKLV6YIZAFDGX6/
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QVM4UJ3376I6ZVOYMHBNX4GY3NIV52WV/
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3517
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-05
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210625-0002/
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211022-0004/
- www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
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