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HistoryMay 18, 2021 - 12:00 a.m.

CVE-2021-3541

2021-05-1800:00:00
ubuntu.com
ubuntu.com
14

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.

Bugs

Notes

Author Note
avital Not reproducible in 2.9.4+dfsg1-6.1 and prior
OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
ubuntu20.04noarchlibxml2< 2.9.10+dfsg-5ubuntu0.20.04.1UNKNOWN
ubuntu20.10noarchlibxml2< 2.9.10+dfsg-5ubuntu0.20.10.2UNKNOWN
ubuntu21.04noarchlibxml2< 2.9.10+dfsg-6.3ubuntu0.1UNKNOWN

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%