XML External Entity (XXE) Injection The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package libxml-twig-perl (opens in a new tab)
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- published22 Dec 2016
- disclosed22 Dec 2016
Introduced: 22 Dec 2016
CVE-2016-9180 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:20.04.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libxml-twig-perl package and not the libxml-twig-perl package as distributed by Ubuntu.
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.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-9180
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-9180
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/04/2
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1379553
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94219
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00020.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00033.html