CVE-2021-21707 Affecting php:7.4/php-xml package, versions <0:7.4.30-1.module_el8.7.0+3286+227f3cf0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on AlmaLinux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.22% (62nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALMALINUX8-PHP-5613118
  • published28 May 2023
  • disclosed8 Nov 2022

Introduced: 8 Nov 2022

CVE-2021-21707  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade AlmaLinux:8 php:7.4/php-xml to version 0:7.4.30-1.module_el8.7.0+3286+227f3cf0 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALSA-2022:7628.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream php:7.4/php-xml package and not the php:7.4/php-xml package as distributed by AlmaLinux. See How to fix? for AlmaLinux:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

In PHP versions 7.3.x below 7.3.33, 7.4.x below 7.4.26 and 8.0.x below 8.0.13, certain XML parsing functions, like simplexml_load_file(), URL-decode the filename passed to them. If that filename contains URL-encoded NUL character, this may cause the function to interpret this as the end of the filename, thus interpreting the filename differently from what the user intended, which may lead it to reading a different file than intended.

CVSS Scores

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