CVE-2021-3518

NameCVE-2021-3518
DescriptionThere'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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-2653-1
Debian Bugs987737

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
libxml2 (PTS)buster2.9.4+dfsg1-7+deb10u4fixed
buster (security)2.9.4+dfsg1-7+deb10u6fixed
bullseye (security), bullseye2.9.10+dfsg-6.7+deb11u4fixed
bookworm2.9.14+dfsg-1.3~deb12u1fixed
sid, trixie2.9.14+dfsg-1.3fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
libxml2sourcestretch2.9.4+dfsg1-2.2+deb9u4DLA-2653-1
libxml2sourcebuster2.9.4+dfsg1-7+deb10u2
libxml2source(unstable)2.9.10+dfsg-6.6987737

Notes

https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/issues/237
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/commit/1098c30a040e72a4654968547f415be4e4c40fe7

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