CVE-2015-8978 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2015-8978: In Soap Lite (aka the SOAP::Lite extension for Perl) 1.14 and earlier, an example attack consists of defining 10 or more XML entities, each defined as consisting of 10 of the previous entity, with the document consisting of a single instance of the largest entity, which expands to one billion copies

Affects 3 Linux releases across 3 (distro × package) combinations.

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2015-8978 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian bullseye

Source: Debian Security Tracker

libsoap-lite-perl→ fixed in1.19-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y libsoap-lite-perl
```

Debian bookworm

Source: Debian Security Tracker

libsoap-lite-perl→ fixed in1.19-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y libsoap-lite-perl
```

Debian trixie

Source: Debian Security Tracker

libsoap-lite-perl→ fixed in1.19-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y libsoap-lite-perl
```

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