CVE-2015-3451

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    CVE-2015-3451

    Published: 12 May 2015Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    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.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:231, 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/, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/25/2, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/30/1

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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