Summary
Package updates are available for Amazon Linux 2 that fix the following vulnerabilities: CVE-2021-3537: A vulnerability found in libxml2 in versions before 2.9.11 shows that it did not propagate errors while parsing XML mixed content, causing a NULL dereference. If an untrusted XML document was parsed in recovery mode and post-validated, the flaw could be used to crash the application. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability. 1956522: CVE-2021-3537 libxml2: NULL pointer dereference when post-validating mixed content parsed in recovery mode CVE-2021-3518: There's a flaw in libxml2. 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. 1954242: CVE-2021-3518 libxml2: Use-after-free in xmlXIncludeDoProcess() in xinclude.c CVE-2021-3516: There's a flaw in libxml2's xmllint. 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. 1954225: CVE-2021-3516 libxml2: Use-after-free in xmlEncodeEntitiesInternal() in entities.c
Fixed packages 5
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux · 2 | libxml2 | 0:2.9.1-6.amzn2.5.4 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | libxml2-debuginfo | 0:2.9.1-6.amzn2.5.4 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | libxml2-devel | 0:2.9.1-6.amzn2.5.4 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | libxml2-python | 0:2.9.1-6.amzn2.5.4 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | libxml2-static | 0:2.9.1-6.amzn2.5.4 |
Vulnerabilities 3
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High 8.8CVE-2021-3518 EPSS 22%
Nokogiri Implements libxml2 version vulnerable to use-after-free
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, an…
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Medium 5.9
Nokogiri Implements libxml2 version vulnerable to null pointer dereferencing
A vulnerability found in libxml2 in versions before 2.9.11 shows that it did not propagate errors while parsing XML mixed content, causing a NULL dereference. If an untrusted XML document was parsed in recovery mode and post-validated, the flaw could be used …
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Unscored —
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 p…