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    GHSA-hjf3-r7gw-9rwg

    Published: 24 Jul 2018Last Modified: 20 Sept 2024

    Summary: feedparser denial of service vulnerability

    Details: Universal Feed Parser (aka feedparser or python-feedparser) before 5.1.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted XML ENTITY declaration in a non-ASCII encoded document.

    References: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2921, https://code.google.com/p/feedparser/source/browse/trunk/NEWS?spec=svn706&r=706, https://code.google.com/p/feedparser/source/detail?r=703&path=/trunk/feedparser/feedparser.py, https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hjf3-r7gw-9rwg, https://github.com/kurtmckee/feedparser, https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/feedparser/PYSEC-2012-14.yaml, https://web.archive.org/web/20120604210617/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53654, https://web.archive.org/web/20150523060531/http://www.mandriva.com/en/support/security/advisories/advisory/MDVSA-2013:118/?name=MDVSA-2013:118, https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2012-0157, http://freecode.com/projects/feedparser/releases/344371

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: feedparser

    Purl: pkg:pypi/feedparser

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -5.1.2

    Affected versions

    4.1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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