CVE-2015-3451

Publication date 1 May 2015

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

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.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
libxml-libxml-perl	15.04 vivid	Fixed 2.0116+dfsg-1ubuntu0.15.04.1
	14.10 utopic	Fixed 2.0116+dfsg-1ubuntu0.14.10.1
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 2.0108+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 1.89+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
libxml-libxml-perl	Upstream: https://bitbucket.org/shlomif/perl-xml-libxml/commits/5962fd067580767777e94640b129ae8930a68a30 Upstream: https://bitbucket.org/shlomif/perl-xml-libxml/commits/915f1dbaf21c5f3c21d7c519c70fd93859e47152

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-2592-1
XML::LibXML vulnerability
4 May 2015

CVE-2015-3451

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Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

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