CVE-2015-3451
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 5 · XML external entity (XXE)
5CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
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.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impact—
Integrity impactNone
Availability impactNone
Exploit probability (EPSS)4%
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0199.htmlAdvisory
- http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/SHLOMIF/XML-LibXML-2.0119/ChangesAdvisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/157448.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/157740.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-09/msg00006.htmlAdvisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3243Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:231
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/25/2Advisory