5.0
MEDIUM
CVE-2015-3451
XML::LibXML XXE Injection
Description
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.
INFO
Published Date :
May 12, 2015, 7:59 p.m.
Last Modified :
April 29, 2020, 1:17 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
2.9
Exploitability Score :
10.0
Affected Products
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CVE-2015-3451 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
Reanalysis by [email protected]
Apr. 29, 2020
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Evaluator Description <a href="http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/611.html">CWE-611: Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference ('XXE')</a> Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/25/2 Third Party Advisory http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/25/2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/30/1 Third Party Advisory http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/30/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Removed CWE NIST NVD-CWE-Other Added CWE NIST CWE-611 Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:xml-libxml_project:xml_libxml:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 2.0118 OR *cpe:2.3:a:xml-libxml_project:xml-libxml:*:*:*:*:*:perl:*:* versions up to (including) 2.0118 -
CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]
Oct. 30, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse_project:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]
Oct. 30, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse_project:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Jan. 03, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Reference Type http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:231 No Types Assigned http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:231 Broken Link Changed Reference Type http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/157740.html No Types Assigned http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/157740.html Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/25/2 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/25/2 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/157448.html No Types Assigned http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/157448.html Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74333 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74333 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-09/msg00006.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-09/msg00006.html Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/30/1 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/30/1 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/SHLOMIF/XML-LibXML-2.0119/Changes No Types Assigned http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/SHLOMIF/XML-LibXML-2.0119/Changes Release Notes, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3243 No Types Assigned http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3243 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2592-1 No Types Assigned http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2592-1 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0199.html No Types Assigned http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0199.html Third Party Advisory Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:21:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse_project:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse_project:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jan. 03, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:231 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/157740.html [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/157448.html [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0199.html [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Dec. 22, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-09/msg00006.html [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Dec. 06, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74333 [No Types Assigned] -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
May. 27, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:a:xml-libxml_project:xml_libxml:2.0118:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:xml-libxml_project:xml_libxml:2.0118:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Translated by [email protected]
Apr. 10, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Translation La fución _clone en XML::LibXML en versiones anteriores a 2.0119 no configura correctamente la función expand_entities, lo que permite a atacantes remotos llevar a cabo ataques de entidad externa XML (XXE) a través de datos XML manipulados a la función (1) new o (2) load_xml. Added Translation La función _clone en XML::LibXML en versiones anteriores a 2.0119 no establece correctamente la opción expand_entities, lo que permite a atacantes remotos llevar a cabo ataques de entidad externa XML (XXE) a través de datos XML manipulados a la función (1) new o (2) load_xml. -
CVE Translated by [email protected]
Apr. 10, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Translation La función _clone en XML::LibXML anterior a 2.0119 no configura correctamente la opción expand_entities, lo que permite atacantes remotos realizar ataques de entidad externa XML (XXE) a través de datos XML manipulados en la función (1) new o (2) load_xml. Added Translation La fución _clone en XML::LibXML en versiones anteriores a 2.0119 no configura correctamente la función expand_entities, lo que permite a atacantes remotos llevar a cabo ataques de entidad externa XML (XXE) a través de datos XML manipulados a la función (1) new o (2) load_xml. -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Apr. 09, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Description 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 a crafted XML data to the (1) new or (2) load_xml function. 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. -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
May. 14, 2015
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Evaluator Description <a href="http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/611.html">CWE-611: Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference ('XXE')</a> Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:a:xml-libxml_project:xml_libxml:2.0118:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N) Changed Reference Type https://bitbucket.org/shlomif/perl-xml-libxml/commits/5962fd067580767777e94640b129ae8930a68a30/raw/ No Types Assigned https://bitbucket.org/shlomif/perl-xml-libxml/commits/5962fd067580767777e94640b129ae8930a68a30/raw/ Advisory Added CWE NVD-CWE-Other -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
May. 13, 2015
Action Type Old Value New Value
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2015-3451 is
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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
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approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2015-3451
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.19 }} -0.01%
score
0.56933
percentile
CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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