PT-2016-7681 · Perl · Perl-Image-Info

Doran Moppert · Published 2016-12-22 · Updated 2017-05-29 · CVE-2016-9181

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.1

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions perl-Image-Info (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue concerns external entity expansion (XXE) not being disabled when parsing an SVG file. This could allow an attacker to craft a malicious SVG file, potentially leading to denial of service or information disclosure when processed by an application using the affected software.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

XXE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-611

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-9181

MGASA-2017-0151

Affected Products

Perl-Image-Info

References · 16

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9181 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-9181 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-9181 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9181 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2017-0151 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9181 · Security Note
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0151.html · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-9181 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-9181 · Vendor Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/02/1 · Note
• https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-03/msg00028.html · Note
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1379556 · Note
• https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=118099 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/94220 · Note
• https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19669 · Note