PT-2015-6235 · Libxml2+3 · Xml-Libxml+3

Tilmann Haak · Published 2015-05-01 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2015-3451

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions XML::LibXML versions prior to 2.0119

Description The issue allows remote attackers to conduct XML external entity (XXE) attacks via crafted XML data to the new or load xml function. This is due to the clone function not properly setting the expand entities option.

Recommendations For XML::LibXML versions prior to 2.0119, update to version 2.0119 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider disabling the clone function or restricting the use of the new and load xml functions until a patch is available. Avoid using these functions with untrusted XML data to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

XXE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-611

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2015-1880

CVE-2015-3451

DLA-214-1

DSA-3243-1

MGASA-2015-0199

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10516-1

SUSE-SU-2015:1439-1

SUSE-SU-2015_1439-1

USN-2592-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Suse

Ubuntu

Xml-Libxml

References · 40

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-2592-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DSA-3243-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-3451 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2592-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:231 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2015-3451 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10516-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3451 · Security Note
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-09/msg00006.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://bitbucket.org/shlomif/perl-xml-libxml/commits/5962fd067580767777e94640b129ae8930a68a30/raw · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/157448.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-3451 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-3243-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2015-0199 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-3451 · Security Note