PT-2021-3131 · Libxml2+9 · Libxml2+9
CVE-2021-3541
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Published
2021-05-13
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Updated
2026-03-13
CVSS v2.0
7.8
High
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
libxml2 (affected versions not specified)
Description
A flaw was found in libxml2, allowing for an exponential entity expansion attack that can bypass existing protection mechanisms, leading to a denial of service. The vulnerability is related to insufficient input data validation, which can be exploited by a remote attacker to cause a denial of service by sending specially crafted input data to the application.
Recommendations
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
DoS
XML Entity Expansion
RCE
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Related Identifiers
Affected Products
Alt Linux
Almalinux
Astra Linux
Centos
Linuxmint
Red Hat
Rocky Linux
Suse
Ubuntu
Libxml2