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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…

Impact

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
Xml-Libxml ProjectXml-Libxml
through 2.0118
CanonicalUbuntu Linux
Versions 12.04, 14.04, 14.10, 15.04
DebianDebian Linux
Versions 7.0, 8.0
FedoraprojectFedora
Versions 20, 21
OpensuseOpensuse
Versions 13.1, 13.2

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