CVE-2016-9180

Publication date 22 December 2016

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

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.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
libxml-twig-perl	24.04 LTS noble	Vulnerable, fix deferred
	23.10 mantic	Ignored
	23.04 lunar	Ignored
	22.10 kinetic	Ignored
	22.04 LTS jammy	Vulnerable, fix deferred
	21.10 impish	Ignored
	21.04 hirsute	Ignored
	20.10 groovy	Ignored
	20.04 LTS focal	Vulnerable, fix deferred
	19.10 eoan	Ignored
	19.04 disco	Ignored
	18.10 cosmic	Ignored
	18.04 LTS bionic	Vulnerable, fix deferred
	17.10 artful	Ignored
	17.04 zesty	Ignored
	16.10 yakkety	Ignored
	16.04 LTS xenial	Vulnerable, fix deferred
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Ignored

Notes

mdeslaur

as of 2017-08-01, no upstream fix

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	9.1 · Critical
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