UBUNTU-CVE-2015-3451

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2015-3451

    Published: 1 May 2015Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-3451
    Aliases:
    USN-2592-1

    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: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-3451, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/25/2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2592-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-3451

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libxml-libxml-perl

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.0108+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1

    Affected versions

    2.0010+dfsg-1

    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