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.

• CWE-611

• http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0199.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/SHLOMIF/XML-LibXML-2.0119/ChangesRelease Notes, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/157448.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/157740.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-09/msg00006.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3243Third Party Advisory
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:231Broken Link
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/25/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/30/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74333Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2592-1Third Party Advisory
• https://bitbucket.org/shlomif/perl-xml-libxml/commits/5962fd067580767777e94640b129ae8930a68a30/raw/Vendor Advisory
• http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0199.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/SHLOMIF/XML-LibXML-2.0119/ChangesRelease Notes, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/157448.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/157740.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-09/msg00006.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3243Third Party Advisory
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:231Broken Link
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/25/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/30/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74333Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2592-1Third Party Advisory
• https://bitbucket.org/shlomif/perl-xml-libxml/commits/5962fd067580767777e94640b129ae8930a68a30/raw/Vendor Advisory

Published

May 12, 2015

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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