CVE - CVE-2015-3451

CVE-ID
CVE-2015-3451	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
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
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BID:74333 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74333 CONFIRM:http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0199.html CONFIRM:http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/SHLOMIF/XML-LibXML-2.0119/Changes CONFIRM:https://bitbucket.org/shlomif/perl-xml-libxml/commits/5962fd067580767777e94640b129ae8930a68a30/raw/ DEBIAN:DSA-3243 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3243 FEDORA:FEDORA-2015-7115 URL:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/157448.html FEDORA:FEDORA-2015-7258 URL:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/157740.html MANDRIVA:MDVSA-2015:231 URL:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:231 MLIST:[oss-security] 20150424 CVE request: Perl XML::LibXML URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/25/2 MLIST:[oss-security] 20150430 Re: CVE request: Perl XML::LibXML URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/30/1 SUSE:openSUSE-SU-2015:1506 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-09/msg00006.html UBUNTU:USN-2592-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2592-1
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20150429	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
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Assigned (20150429)
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