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CVE-2015-3451

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Date: May 12, 2015

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.

Language: Perl

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Related Resources (17)

https://bitbucket.org/shlomif/perl-xml-libxml/commits/5962fd067580767777e94640b129ae8930a68a30/raw/
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3243
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0199.html
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-3451
http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/SHLOMIF/XML-LibXML-2.0119/Changes
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/157740.html
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:231
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/30/1
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2015-3451
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/157448.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-09/msg00006.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74333
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-3451
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2592-1
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3451
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/25/2
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2015-3451

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference ('XXE')

CWE-611

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): LOW
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): PARTIAL
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): NONE
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