CVE-2021-23418
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.5
Description
The package glances before 3.2.1 are vulnerable to XML External Entity (XXE) Injection via the use of Fault to parse untrusted XML data, which is known to be vulnerable to XML attacks.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
30%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
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OS impact
Arch Fixed 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Fixed | 3.2.1-1 |
Debian Fixed 4 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 3.2.3.1+dfsg-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 3.2.3.1+dfsg-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 3.2.3.1+dfsg-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 3.2.3.1+dfsg-1 |
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-23418
- https://github.com/nicolargo/glances/issues/1025
- https://github.com/nicolargo/glances/commit/4b87e979afdc06d98ed1b48da31e69eaa3a9fb94
- https://github.com/nicolargo/glances/commit/85d5a6b4af31fcf785d5a61086cbbd166b40b07a
- https://github.com/nicolargo/glances/commit/9d6051be4a42f692392049fdbfc85d5dfa458b32
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-r2mj-8wgq-73m6
- https://github.com/nicolargo/glances
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/glances/PYSEC-2021-115.yaml
- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-PYTHON-GLANCES-1311807
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-23418
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.