CVE-2021-3541

moderate-risk
Published 2021-07-09

A flaw was found in libxml2. Exponential entity expansion attack its possible bypassing all existing protection mechanisms and leading to denial of service.

Do I need to act?

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0.06% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 6.5/10 Medium
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (19)

Manageability Software Development Kit

Affected Vendors

Redhat Oracle Xmlsoft Netapp

References (6)

Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1950515
Third Party Advisory https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210805-0007/
Patch https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html
Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1950515
Third Party Advisory https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210805-0007/
Patch https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html
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moderate-risk
Severity 24/34 · High
Exploitability 0/34 · Minimal
Exposure 19/34 · Moderate