CVE-2021-3537: NULL Pointer Dereference
(updated )
A vulnerability found in libxml2 shows that it does 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.
References
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1956522
- 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-2021-3537
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-05
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210625-0002/
- www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
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