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CVE-2015-3451

high

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

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2592-1

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74333

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/30/1

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/25/2

http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3243

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-09/msg00006.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/157740.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/157448.html

http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/SHLOMIF/XML-LibXML-2.0119/Changes

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0199.html

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2015-3494

https://bitbucket.org/shlomif/perl-xml-libxml/commits/5962fd067580767777e94640b129ae8930a68a30/raw/

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:231

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2015-05-12

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.02499