UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9180

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-9180
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9180.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9180
Upstream
Published
2016-12-22T21:59:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:43:55Z
Severity
  • 9.1 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - low
Summary
[none]
Details

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

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / libxml-twig-perl

Package

Name
libxml-twig-perl
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libxml-twig-perl@1:3.48-1?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1:3.*

1:3.48-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1:3.48-1",
            "binary_name": "libxml-twig-perl"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:3.48-1",
            "binary_name": "xml-twig-tools"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS / libxml-twig-perl

Package

Name
libxml-twig-perl
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libxml-twig-perl@1:3.50-1?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1:3.*

1:3.50-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1:3.50-1",
            "binary_name": "libxml-twig-perl"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:3.50-1",
            "binary_name": "xml-twig-tools"
        }
    ]
}