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: May 12, 2015
Updated: Apr 13, 2023
CVE: CVE-2015-3451
Severity: Medium
Exploit:

CVSS v2:

Severity: Medium
Score: 5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CWEs:

CWE-611

OWASP TOP 10:

A4 - XML External Entities (XXE)

Affected Software
References

Software	From	Fixed in
xml-libxml_project / xml-libxml	-	2.0118.x
canonical / ubuntu_linux	12.04	12.04.x
debian / debian_linux	8.0	8.0.x
debian / debian_linux	7.0	7.0.x
canonical / ubuntu_linux	14.10	14.10.x
canonical / ubuntu_linux	14.04	14.04.x
canonical / ubuntu_linux	15.04	15.04.x
fedoraproject / fedora	20	20.x
fedoraproject / fedora	21	21.x
opensuse / opensuse	13.1	13.1.x
opensuse / opensuse	13.2	13.2.x

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0199.html
http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/SHLOMIF/XML-LibXML-2.0119/Changes
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/157448.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/157740.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-09/msg00006.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3243
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:231
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/25/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/30/1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74333
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2592-1
https://bitbucket.org/shlomif/perl-xml-libxml/commits/5962fd067580767777e94640b129ae8930a68a30/raw/

Vulnerability Database

CVE-2015-3451