Alma Linux: CVE-2021-3518: Moderate: libxml2 security update (ALSA-2021-2569)
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(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
05/18/2021
05/05/2022
05/04/2022
09/15/2022
Description
There's a flaw in libxml2 in versions before 2.9.11. An attacker who is able to submit a crafted file to be processed by an application linked with libxml2 could trigger a use-after-free. The greatest impact from this flaw is to confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Solution(s)
- alma-upgrade-libxml2-devel
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