USN-2592-1

Tilmann Haak discovered that XML::LibXML incorrectly handled the expand_entities parameter in certain situations. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to access sensitive information.

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

0Unknown 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

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

Database specific

{
    "cves_map": {
        "cves": [
            {
                "severity": [
                    {
                        "score": "medium",
                        "type": "Ubuntu"
                    }
                ],
                "id": "CVE-2015-3451"
            }
        ],
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS"
    }
}