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    CVE-2013-1664

    The XML libraries for Python 3.4, 3.3, 3.2, 3.1, 2.7, and 2.6, as used in OpenStack Keystone Essex, Folsom, and Grizzly; Compute (Nova) Essex and Folsom; Cinder Folsom; Django; and possibly other products allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption and crash) via an XML Entity Expansion (XEE) attack.

    Published:Feb 19, 2013
    Last Modified:Apr 11, 2025
    EPS:Apr 3, 2013
    EPSS Score:0.03256
    CVSS Score:5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Openstack
    Product
    Cinder Folsom
    Vendor
    Openstack
    Product
    Compute \(nova\) Essex
    Vendor
    Openstack
    Product
    Compute \(nova\) Folsom
    Vendor
    Openstack
    Product
    Folsom
    Vendor
    Openstack
    Product
    Grizzly
    Vendor
    Openstack
    Product
    Keystone Essex
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Openstack

    Exploits

    https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1100282https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1100282

    References

    http://blog.python.org/2013/02/announcing-defusedxml-fixes-for-xml.html
    http://bugs.python.org/issue17239
    http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2013-February/000078.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0657.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0658.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0670.html
    http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1757-1
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/19/2
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/19/4
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1100282
    http://blog.python.org/2013/02/announcing-defusedxml-fixes-for-xml.html
    http://bugs.python.org/issue17239
    http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2013-February/000078.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0657.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0658.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0670.html
    http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1757-1
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/19/2
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/19/4
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1100282

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
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    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
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    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High