CVE-2015-3451
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.0
Description
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Fedora Affected 2 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 21 | Affected | — |
| 20 | Affected | — |
SUSE Affected 2 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 13.2 | Affected | — |
| 13.1 | Affected | — |
Ubuntu Affected 4 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 15.04 | Affected | — |
| 14.10 | Affected | — |
| 14.04 | Affected | — |
| 12.04 | Affected | — |
Debian Mixed 7 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 2.0116+dfsg-2 |
| sid | Fixed | 2.0116+dfsg-2 |
| forky | Fixed | 2.0116+dfsg-2 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 2.0116+dfsg-2 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 2.0116+dfsg-2 |
| 8.0 | Affected | — |
| 7.0 | Affected | — |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| xml-libxml_project | xml-libxml | {"endIncluding":"2.0118"} | |
References
- 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/
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-3451
CWEs
CWE-611
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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