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.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

2.9

Exploitability Score :

10.0
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2015-3451 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Canonical ubuntu_linux
1 Fedoraproject fedora
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Opensuse opensuse
1 Xml-libxml_project xml-libxml

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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
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2015-3451 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and 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

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