6.5 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
4 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
33.9%
A flaw was found in libxml2. Exponential entity expansion attack its
possible bypassing all existing protection mechanisms and leading to denial
of service.
Author | Note |
---|---|
avital | Not reproducible in 2.9.4+dfsg1-6.1 and prior |
blog.hartwork.org/posts/cve-2021-3541-parameter-laughs-fixed-in-libxml2-2-9-11/
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1950515
gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/commit/8598060bacada41a0eb09d95c97744ff4e428f8e
gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/issues/228 (currently private)
launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2021-3541
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3541
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-3541
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4991-1
www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-3541
6.5 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
4 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
33.9%