CVE-2015-3451

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-3451
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-05-12 19:59:21 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionThe _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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-611 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 15.04 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 20 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 21 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.2 All All All
Application Xml-libxml Project Xml-libxml All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - Re: CVE request: Perl XML::LibXML af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 20 Update: perl-XML-LibXML-2.0119-1.fc20 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
openSUSE-SU-2015:1506-1: moderate: Security update for perl-XML-LibXML af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
mandriva.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com Broken Link
Mageia Advisory: MGASA-2015-0199 - Updated perl-XML-LibXML packages fix CVE-2015-3451 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 advisories.mageia.org Third Party Advisory
Perl HTML::Template::Pro Module XML External Entity Injection vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
[SECURITY] Fedora 21 Update: perl-XML-LibXML-2.0119-1.fc21 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3243-1 libxml-libxml-perl af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
XXE af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bitbucket.org Vendor Advisory
cpansearch.perl.org/src/SHLOMIF/XML-LibXML-2.0119/Changes af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 cpansearch.perl.org Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
oss-security - CVE request: Perl XML::LibXML af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
USN-2592-1: XML::LibXML vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
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