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UBUNTU-CVE-2015-3451 (CVE-2015-3451)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2015-05-01 00:00 – Updated: 2025-07-16 04:50 – Source website

Details

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.

Severity

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-3451	REPORT
	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/25/2	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2592-1	ADVISORY
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-3451	REPORT

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CVE-2015-3451 (GCVE-0-2015-3451)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-05-12 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 05:47

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre mitre root

References

12 references

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http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0199.html	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74333	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID

Date Public

2015-04-23 00:00

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USN-2592-1 (UBUNTU-CVE-2015-3451)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2015-05-04 16:34 – Updated: 2026-02-10 04:40 – Source website

Summary

libxml-libxml-perl vulnerability

Details

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

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2592-1	ADVISORY
	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-3451	REPORT

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UBUNTU-CVE-2015-3451 (CVE-2015-3451)

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