Explore top 10 tips to secure your open-source projects now. Read More

×
Alerts This Week
Warning Icon 1 448
Alerts This Week
Warning Icon 1 448

Debian: DSA-3243-1 Critical: Libxml-Libxml-Perl Access Issue Fix

debian
Calendar Grey May 1, 2015
Debian Logo
The latest Debian Security Advisory DSA-3243-1 announces an important patch for libxml-libxml-perl focusing on a significant vulnerability in access control.
Tilmann Haak from xing.com discovered that XML::LibXML, a Perl interface to the libxml2 library, did not respect the expand_entities parameter to disable processing of external ent...
Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory critical debian perl xml processing access libxml

Summary

For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed
in version 2.0001+dfsg-1+deb7u1.

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.0116+dfsg-1+deb8u1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.0116+dfsg-2.

We recommend that you upgrade your libxml-libxml-perl packages.

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/



Severity
critical
Lowest
Low
Medium
High
Critical

Package: libxml-libxml-perl
CVE ID: CVE-2015-3451

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory critical debian perl xml processing access libxml

Get the latest News and Insights

Get the latest Linux and open source security news straight to your inbox.