CVE-2021-42860

CVE-2021-42860, security advisory, suse linux, suse, security, cve

CVE-2021-42860

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CVE-2021-42860 at MITRE

Description

** DISPUTED ** A stack buffer overflow exists in Mini-XML v3.2. When inputting an unformed XML string to the mxmlLoadString API, it will cause a stack-buffer-overflow in mxml_string_getc:2611. NOTE: it is unclear whether this input is allowed by the API specification.

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SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Does not affect SUSE products

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v2 Scores

	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	5
Vector	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector	Network
Access Complexity	Low
Authentication	None
Confidentiality Impact	None
Integrity Impact	None
Availability Impact	Partial

CVSS v3 Scores

	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	7.5
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector	Network
Attack Complexity	Low
Privileges Required	None
User Interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact	None
Integrity Impact	None
Availability Impact	High
CVSSv3 Version	3.1

SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1200034 [NEW]

No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.

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SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Thu May 26 20:00:49 2022
CVE page last modified: Thu Mar 21 11:34:56 2024