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SUSE: CVE-2021-3518: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2021-3518: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
05/05/2021
Created
05/08/2021
Added
05/06/2021
Modified
10/26/2022

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)

  • suse-upgrade-libxml2
  • suse-upgrade-libxml2-2
  • suse-upgrade-libxml2-2-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-libxml2-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-libxml2-devel
  • suse-upgrade-libxml2-devel-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-libxml2-doc
  • suse-upgrade-libxml2-python
  • suse-upgrade-libxml2-tools
  • suse-upgrade-python-libxml2
  • suse-upgrade-python2-libxml2-python
  • suse-upgrade-python3-libxml2
  • suse-upgrade-python3-libxml2-python

References

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