CVE-2021-28903

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Summary

CVECVE-2021-28903
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-05-20 19:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-04-05 18:08:00 UTC
DescriptionA stack overflow in libyang <= v1.0.225 can cause a denial of service through function lyxml_parse_mem(). lyxml_parse_elem() function will be called recursively, which will consume stack space and lead to crash.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-674

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Cesnet Libyang All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
libyang: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 202107-54) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
The Recursive call of "lyxml_parse_elem" leads to crash · Issue #1453 · CESNET/libyang · GitHub CONFIRM github.com
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Legacy QID Mappings

  • 501614 Alpine Linux Security Update for libyang
  • 501878 Alpine Linux Security Update for libyang
  • 710041 Gentoo Linux libyang Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202107-54)
  • 753130 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for libyang (SUSE-SU-2022:3245-1)
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