XXE in Xml-Libxml Project
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.
Vulnerability class: XXE (XML External Entity)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.040 (90.2th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 90th percentile — 90.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.040 · newest: 0.040 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Xml-Libxml Project
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 12.04, 14.04, 14.10
- Debian Linux — versions 7.0, 8.0
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 20, 21
- openSUSE — versions 13.1, 13.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- cpansearch.perl.org/src/SHLOMIF/XML-LibXML-2.0119/Changes (Third Party Advisory, Release Notes)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/30/1 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- bitbucket.org/shlomif/perl-xml-libxml/commits/5962fd067580767777e94640b129ae893… (Vendor Advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3243 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/157448.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/157740.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/25/2 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-09/msg00006.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory, Broken Link)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2592-1 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)