ghsa-cfj9-6cq4-25vj
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Published
2022-05-24 19:03
Modified
2022-05-24 19:03
Details

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.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2021-3516"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-416"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2021-06-01T14:15:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "There\u0027s a flaw in libxml2\u0027s 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.",
  "id": "GHSA-cfj9-6cq4-25vj",
  "modified": "2022-05-24T19:03:43Z",
  "published": "2022-05-24T19:03:43Z",
  "references": [
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      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3516"
    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1954225"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/commit/1358d157d0bd83be1dfe356a69213df9fac0b539"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/issues/230"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/05/msg00008.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BZOMV5J4PMZAORVT64BKLV6YIZAFDGX6"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QVM4UJ3376I6ZVOYMHBNX4GY3NIV52WV"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-05"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210716-0005"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": []
}


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