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CVE-2016-9180

Published: 22 December 2016

perl-XML-Twig: The option to `expand_external_ents`, documented as controlling external entity expansion in XML::Twig does not work. External entities are always expanded, regardless of the option's setting.

Notes

AuthorNote
mdeslaur
as of 2017-08-01, no upstream fix

Priority

Low

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.1

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
libxml-twig-perl
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Ignored
(end of life)
bionic Deferred
(2017-08-01)
cosmic Ignored
(end of life)
disco Ignored
(end of life)
eoan Ignored
(end of life)
focal Deferred
(2017-08-01)
groovy Ignored
(end of life)
hirsute Ignored
(end of life)
impish Ignored
(end of life)
jammy Deferred
(2017-08-01)
kinetic Ignored
(end of life, was deferred [2017-08-01])
lunar Ignored
(end of life, was deferred [2017-08-01])
mantic Deferred
(2017-08-01)
precise Ignored
(end of life)
trusty Does not exist
(trusty was deferred [2017-08-01])
upstream Needed

xenial Deferred
(2017-08-01)
yakkety Ignored
(end of life)
zesty Ignored
(end of life)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 9.1
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H