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CVE-2015-3451

The _clone function in XML::LibXML before 2.0119 does not properly set the expand_entities option, which allows remote attackers to conduct XML external entity (XXE) attacks via crafted XML data to the (1) new or (2) load_xml function.

Published

2015-05-12T19:59:21.827

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 5.0 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-611

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	xml-libxml_project	xml-libxml	≤ 2.0118	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	12.04	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	14.04	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	14.10	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	15.04	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	7.0	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	8.0	Yes
Operating System	fedoraproject	fedora	20	Yes
Operating System	fedoraproject	fedora	21	Yes
Operating System	opensuse	opensuse	13.1	Yes
Operating System	opensuse	opensuse	13.2	Yes

References

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0199.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/SHLOMIF/XML-LibXML-2.0119/Changes Release Notes, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/157448.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/157740.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-09/msg00006.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3243 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:231 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/25/2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/30/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74333 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2592-1 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://bitbucket.org/shlomif/perl-xml-libxml/commits/5962fd067580767777e94640b129ae8930a68a30/raw/ Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0199.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/SHLOMIF/XML-LibXML-2.0119/Changes Release Notes, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/157448.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/157740.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-09/msg00006.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3243 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:231 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/25/2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/30/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74333 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2592-1 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bitbucket.org/shlomif/perl-xml-libxml/commits/5962fd067580767777e94640b129ae8930a68a30/raw/ Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)