alpine · CVE-2021-3541

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Tracker summary

CVE-2021-3541: 3 source package rows (libxml2, libxml2.13, qt5-qtwebengine); 55 state rows across 16 repos (3.11-main, 3.12-main, 3.17-community, 3.17-main, 3.18-community, 3.18-main, 3.19-community, 3.19-main, 3.20-community, 3.20-main, 3.21-community, 3.21-main, 3.22-community, 3.22-main, edge-community, edge-main); fixed 17, open 38.

Description:

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

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