CVE-2012-1102

Publication date 9 July 2021

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

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.

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
libxml-atom-perl	11.10 oneiric	Not affected
	11.04 natty	Fixed 0.37-1+squeeze1build0.11.04.1
	10.10 maverick	Fixed 0.37-1+squeeze1build0.10.10.1
	10.04 LTS lucid	Fixed 0.37-1+squeeze1build0.10.04.1
	8.04 LTS hardy	Ignored end of life

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 7.5 · High

Base metrics

Parameter	Value
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality impact	High
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	None

Scores

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.5 · High
Exploitability score	-
Impact score	-

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References

Other references

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-1102