Description
A flaw was found in libxml2. Exponential entity expansion attack its possible bypassing all existing protection mechanisms and leading to denial of service.
CVSS Metrics
- Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Attack Vector
- network
- Complexity
- low
- Privileges
- low
- User Action
- none
- Scope
- unchanged
- Confidentiality
- none
- Integrity
- none
- Availability
- high
- Weaknesses
- CWE-776
Metadata
- Primary Vendor
- XMLSOFT
- Published
- 7/9/2021
- Last Modified
- 11/21/2024
- Source
- NIST NVD
- Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.
Affected Products
xmlsoft : libxml2redhat : jboss_core_servicesoracle : zfs_storage_appliance_kitnetapp : active_iq_unified_managernetapp : cloud_backupnetapp : clustered_data_ontapnetapp : clustered_data_ontap_antivirus_connectornetapp : manageability_software_development_kitnetapp : ontap_select_deploy_administration_utilitynetapp : smi-s_providernetapp : snapdrivenetapp : h410c_firmwarenetapp : h300s_firmwarenetapp : h500s_firmwarenetapp : h700s_firmwarenetapp : h300e_firmwarenetapp : h500e_firmwarenetapp : h700e_firmwarenetapp : h410s_firmware
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