CPANSA-XML-Atom-2012-1102: XML-Atom vulnerability

Publisher giterlizzi Document category csaf_security_advisory
Initial release date 2021-07-09T00:00:00 Engine CSAF Perl Toolkit 0.25
Current release date 2021-07-09T00:00:00 Build Date
Current version 1 Status final
CVSS v3.1 Base Score 7.5 Severity High
Original language Language en
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Vulnerability Description

It was discovered that the XML::Atom Perl module before version 0.39 did not disable external entities when parsing XML from potentially untrusted sources. This may allow attackers to gain read access to otherwise protected resources, depending on how the library is used.

Vulnerabilities

CVE-2012-1102

Vulnerability Description

It was discovered that the XML::Atom Perl module before version 0.39 did not disable external entities when parsing XML from potentially untrusted sources. This may allow attackers to gain read access to otherwise protected resources, depending on how the library is used.

Weakness CWE-611 : Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

Product status

Known affected
Product Score
XML-Atom less than 0.39
CVSS Version CVSS Vector CVSS Base Score CVSS Base Severity
3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N 7.5 High
2.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N 5.0 Medium

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Version Date of the revision Summary of the revision
1 Fri Jul 9 00:00:00 2021 First release

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