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Huawei EulerOS: Security Advisory for perl-XML-Twig (EulerOS-SA-2021-1224)

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

Huawei EulerOS Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

6.4

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

3 years ago

Modified

Modified

3 years ago

Summary

The remote host is missing an update for the Huawei EulerOS 'perl-XML-Twig' package(s) announced via the EulerOS-SA-2021-1224 advisory.

Insight

Insight

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.(CVE-2016-9180)

Affected Software

Affected Software

'perl-XML-Twig' package(s) on Huawei EulerOS V2.0SP5.

Detection Method

Detection Method

Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.

Solution

Solution

Please install the updated package(s).

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)