Vulnerability CVE-2015-3451
Published: 2015-05-12

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.

Type:

CWE-Other

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
None
None
Affected software
Xml-libxml project -> Xml libxml 
Opensuse project -> Opensuse 
Opensuse -> Opensuse 
Fedoraproject -> Fedora 
Debian -> Debian linux 
Canonical -> Ubuntu linux 

 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.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/
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