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Alpine: libxml2: security update to 2.9.12-r0

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 405416

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - A flaw was found in libxml2. Exponential entity expansion attack its possible bypassing all existing
 protection mechanisms and leading to denial of service. (CVE-2021-3541)

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2021-3541

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 405416

Version: Revision 1.25

Type: Local

Published: 10/31/2023

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.72

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-3541

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/16/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-3541