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CVE-2015-3451

Published: 1 May 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.

Priority

Medium

Status

Package Release Status
libxml-libxml-perl
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
upstream
Released (2.0116+dfsg-2)
precise
Released (1.89+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1)
trusty Does not exist
(trusty was released [2.0108+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1])
utopic
Released (2.0116+dfsg-1ubuntu0.14.10.1)
vivid
Released (2.0116+dfsg-1ubuntu0.15.04.1)
Patches:
upstream: https://bitbucket.org/shlomif/perl-xml-libxml/commits/5962fd067580767777e94640b129ae8930a68a30
upstream: https://bitbucket.org/shlomif/perl-xml-libxml/commits/915f1dbaf21c5f3c21d7c519c70fd93859e47152