vulnerability
Alpine Linux: CVE-2021-28903: Uncontrolled Recursion
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | May 20, 2021 | Oct 1, 2024 | Aug 8, 2025 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
May 20, 2021
Added
Oct 1, 2024
Modified
Aug 8, 2025
Description
A 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.
Solution
alpine-linux-upgrade-libyang
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