SUSE-SU-2020:2173-2

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    SUSE-SU-2020:2173-2

    Published: 1 Mar 2021Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2016-9180
    Aliases:
    CVE-2016-9180

    Summary: Security update for perl-XML-Twig

    Details: This update for perl-XML-Twig fixes the following issues: - Security fix [bsc#1008644, CVE-2016-9180] * Added: the no_xxe option to XML::Twig::new, which causes the parse to fail if external entities are used (to prevent malicious XML to access the filesystem). * Setting expand_external_ents to 0 or -1 currently doesn't work as expected; To completely turn off expanding external entities use no_xxe. * Update documentation for XML::Twig to mention problems with expand_external_ents and add information about new no_xxe argument

    References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2020/suse-su-20202173-2/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1008644, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9180

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: perl-XML-Twig

    Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/perl-XML-Twig&distro=HPE%20Helion%20OpenStack%208

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.44-5.3.1

    Affected versions

    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
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
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    High
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