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Vulnerability Details : CVE-2021-3541

A flaw was found in libxml2. Exponential entity expansion attack its possible bypassing all existing protection mechanisms and leading to denial of service.
Publish Date : 2021-07-09 Last Update Date : 2022-03-01
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- CVSS Scores & Vulnerability Types

CVSS Score
4.0
Confidentiality Impact None (There is no impact to the confidentiality of the system.)
Integrity Impact None (There is no impact to the integrity of the system)
Availability Impact Partial (There is reduced performance or interruptions in resource availability.)
Access Complexity Low (Specialized access conditions or extenuating circumstances do not exist. Very little knowledge or skill is required to exploit. )
Authentication ???
Gained Access None
Vulnerability Type(s) Denial Of ServiceBypass a restriction or similar
CWE ID 776

- Related OVAL Definitions

Title Definition Id Class Family
RHSA-2021:2569: libxml2 security update (Moderate) oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20212569 unix
OVAL (Open Vulnerability and Assessment Language) definitions define exactly what should be done to verify a vulnerability or a missing patch. Check out the OVAL definitions if you want to learn what you should do to verify a vulnerability.

- Products Affected By CVE-2021-3541

# Product Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language
1 Application Netapp Active Iq Unified Manager - * * * Version Details Vulnerabilities
2 Application Netapp Cloud Backup - * * * Version Details Vulnerabilities
3 Application Netapp Clustered Data Ontap - * * * Version Details Vulnerabilities
4 Application Netapp Clustered Data Ontap Antivirus Connector - * * * Version Details Vulnerabilities
5 Application Netapp Manageability Software Development Kit - * * * Version Details Vulnerabilities
6 Application Netapp Ontap Select Deploy Administration Utility - * * * Version Details Vulnerabilities
7 Application Netapp Smi-s Provider - * * * Version Details Vulnerabilities
8 Application Netapp Snapdrive - * * * Version Details Vulnerabilities
9 Application Oracle Zfs Storage Appliance Kit 8.8 * * * Version Details Vulnerabilities
10 Application Redhat Jboss Core Services - * * * Version Details Vulnerabilities
11 Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 * * * * Version Details Vulnerabilities

- Number Of Affected Versions By Product

Vendor Product Vulnerable Versions
Netapp Active Iq Unified Manager 1
Netapp Cloud Backup 1
Netapp Clustered Data Ontap 1
Netapp Clustered Data Ontap Antivirus Connector 1
Netapp Manageability Software Development Kit 1
Netapp Ontap Select Deploy Administration Utility 1
Netapp Smi-s Provider 1
Netapp Snapdrive 1
Oracle Zfs Storage Appliance Kit 1
Redhat Jboss Core Services 1
Xmlsoft Libxml2 1

- References For CVE-2021-3541

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210805-0007/ CONFIRM
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1950515

- Vulnerability Conditions

Vulnerability is valid if product versions listed below are used 0
Vulnerability is valid if product versions listed below are used 0
Vulnerability is valid if product versions listed below are used 0
Vulnerability is valid if product versions listed below are used 0
Vulnerability is valid if product versions listed below are used 0
Vulnerability is valid if product versions listed below are used 0
Vulnerability is valid if product versions listed below are used 0
Vulnerability is valid if product versions listed below are used 0
Vulnerability is valid if product versions listed below are used 0
Vulnerability is valid if product versions listed below are used 0
Vulnerability is valid if product versions listed below are used 0
Vulnerability is valid if product versions listed below are used 0

- Metasploit Modules Related To CVE-2021-3541

There are not any metasploit modules related to this CVE entry (Please visit www.metasploit.com for more information)
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