UBUNTU-CVE-2015-3451

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

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / libxml-libxml-perl

Package

Name: libxml-libxml-perl
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/libxml-libxml-perl@2.0108+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

2.0108+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1

Affected versions

2.*

2.0010+dfsg-1

2.0106+dfsg-1

2.0107+dfsg-1

2.0108+dfsg-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libxml-libxml-perl",
            "binary_version": "2.0108+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-3451.json"