CVE-2015-3451

CVSS V2 Medium 5 CVSS V3 None
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2015-3451
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2015-05-12T19:59:21
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2020-04-29T13:17:10
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-611 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/611.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:xml-libxml_project:xml-libxml:*:*:*:*:*:perl:*:* 1 OR 2.0118
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:21:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 5
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://bitbucket.org/shlomif/perl-xml-libxml/commits/5962fd067580767777e94640b129ae8930a68a30/raw/ Vendor Advisory
http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/SHLOMIF/XML-LibXML-2.0119/Changes Release Notes Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2592-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3243 Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/30/1 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/25/2 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74333 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-09/msg00006.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:231 Broken Link
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/157740.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/157448.html Third Party Advisory
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0199.html Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3451
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-3451
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:35:07 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 04:35:09 2015-05-12T19:59Z 2015-05-12T19:59:21 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 04:35:09 2020-04-29T13:17:10 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 04:35:09 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated