{
  "threat_severity" : "Low",
  "public_date" : "2015-04-23T00:00:00Z",
  "bugzilla" : {
    "description" : "perl-XML-LibXML: \"expand_entities\" option was not preserved under some circumstances",
    "id" : "1216112",
    "url" : "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1216112"
  },
  "cvss" : {
    "cvss_base_score" : "2.6",
    "cvss_scoring_vector" : "AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N",
    "status" : "draft"
  },
  "cwe" : "CWE-611",
  "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." ],
  "statement" : "This issue affects the versions of perl-XML-LibXML as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6 and 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Low security impact. A future update may address this issue. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.",
  "package_state" : [ {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5",
    "fix_state" : "Will not fix",
    "package_name" : "perl-XML-LibXML",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6",
    "fix_state" : "Will not fix",
    "package_name" : "perl-XML-LibXML",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7",
    "fix_state" : "Will not fix",
    "package_name" : "perl-XML-LibXML",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7"
  } ],
  "references" : [ "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-3451\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3451" ],
  "name" : "CVE-2015-3451",
  "mitigation" : {
    "value" : "This issue only affects programs using this program in forms such as:\n$parser = XML::LibXML->new\nor \n$XML_DOC = $parser->load_xml\nif you use the form:\n$XML_DOC = XML::LibXML->load_xml\nthis vulnerability will not be exposed.",
    "lang" : "en:us"
  },
  "csaw" : false
}