CVE-2021-3541

CVSS V2 Medium 4 CVSS V3 Medium 6.5
Description
A flaw was found in libxml2. Exponential entity expansion attack its possible bypassing all existing protection mechanisms and leading to denial of service.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2021-3541
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2021-07-09T17:15:07
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2022-03-01T18:25:33
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-776 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/776.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
AND
cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2.9.11
AND
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_core_services:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:zfs_storage_appliance_kit:8.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:active_iq_unified_manager:-:*:*:*:*:vmware_vsphere:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:cloud_backup:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:clustered_data_ontap:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:clustered_data_ontap_antivirus_connector:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:manageability_software_development_kit:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:ontap_select_deploy_administration_utility:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:smi-s_provider:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:snapdrive:-:*:*:*:*:unix:*:* 1 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h410c_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:h:netapp:h410c:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h300s_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:h:netapp:h300s:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h500s_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:h:netapp:h500s:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h700s_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:h:netapp:h700s:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h300e_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:h:netapp:h300e:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h500e_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:h:netapp:h500e:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h700e_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:h:netapp:h700e:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:o:netapp:h410s_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:h:netapp:h410s:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • SINGLE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 4
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 6.5
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.8
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1950515 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210805-0007/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html Patch Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3541
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-3541
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 15:47:55 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-05 05:42:28 2021-07-09T17:15Z 2021-07-09T17:15:07 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-05 05:42:28 2022-03-01T18:25:33 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-05 05:42:28 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated