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title: "CVE-2012-6531\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2012-6531

Publication date 13 February 2013

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

(1) Zend\_Dom, (2) Zend\_Feed, and (3) Zend\_Soap in Zend Framework 1.x before
1.11.13 and 1.12.x before 1.12.0 do not properly handle SimpleXMLElement
classes, which allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files or create TCP
connections via an external entity reference in a DOCTYPE element in an
XML-RPC request, aka an XML external entity (XXE) injection attack, a
different vulnerability than CVE-2012-3363.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| zend-framework | 26.04 LTS resolute | Not in release |
| 25.10 questing | Not in release |
| 25.04 plucky | Not in release |
| 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 21.10 impish | Not in release |
| 21.04 hirsute | Not in release |
| 20.10 groovy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 19.10 eoan | Not in release |
| 19.04 disco | Not in release |
| 18.10 cosmic | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
| 17.10 artful | Not in release |
| 17.04 zesty | Not in release |
| 16.10 yakkety | Ignored end of life |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Vulnerable |
| 15.10 wily | Ignored end of life |
| 15.04 vivid | Ignored end of life |
| 14.10 utopic | Ignored end of life |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 13.10 saucy | Ignored end of life |
| 13.04 raring | Ignored end of life |
| 12.10 quantal | Ignored end of life |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Ignored end of life |
| 11.10 oneiric | Ignored end of life |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored end of life |
| zendframework | 26.04 LTS resolute | Not in release |
| 25.10 questing | Not in release |
| 25.04 plucky | Not in release |
| 24.10 oracular | Not in release |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 21.10 impish | Not in release |
| 21.04 hirsute | Not in release |
| 20.10 groovy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 19.10 eoan | Not in release |
| 19.04 disco | Not in release |
| 18.10 cosmic | Not affected |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not affected |
| 17.10 artful | Not affected |
| 17.04 zesty | Not affected |
| 16.10 yakkety | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 15.10 wily | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |

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* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-6531)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6531)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2012-6531)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-6531)

### Other references

* <https://www.sec-consult.com/files/20120626-0_zend_framework_xxe_injection.txt>
* <http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/27/2>
* <http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/26/4>
* <http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/26/2>
* <http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2505>
* <http://framework.zend.com/security/advisory/ZF2012-01>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-6531>