High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Jul 9, 2021· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2012-1102
CVE-2012-1102
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.
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Affected products
3- Perl/XML::Atom Perl moduledescription
- Range: <0.39
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
2- seclists.org/oss-sec/2012/q1/549nvdExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- metacpan.org/release/MIYAGAWA/XML-Atom-0.39/source/ChangesnvdRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
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