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Oracle Solaris 11: CVE-2021-3516 (11.4 SRU 39.107.1)

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Oracle Solaris 11: CVE-2021-3516 (11.4 SRU 39.107.1)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
06/01/2021
Created
11/18/2021
Added
11/17/2021
Modified
02/17/2022

Description

There's a flaw in libxml2's xmllint in versions before 2.9.11. An attacker who is able to submit a crafted file to be processed by xmllint could trigger a use-after-free. The greatest impact of this flaw is to confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-solaris-11-4-upgrade-library-libxml2-2-9-12-11-4-39-0-1-107-0
  • oracle-solaris-11-4-upgrade-library-libxslt-1-1-33-11-4-39-0-1-107-0
  • oracle-solaris-11-4-upgrade-library-python-libxml2-27-2-9-12-11-4-39-0-1-107-0
  • oracle-solaris-11-4-upgrade-library-python-libxml2-37-2-9-12-11-4-39-0-1-107-0
  • oracle-solaris-11-4-upgrade-library-python-libxml2-39-2-9-12-11-4-39-0-1-107-0

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