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Security Advisories: MDE2OlNlY3VyaXR5QWR2aXNvcnlHSFNBLWhqZjMtcjdndy05cndn

feedparser denial of service vulnerability

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.

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Source: GitHub Advisory Database
Origin: Unspecified
Severity: High
Classification: General
Published: over 6 years ago
Updated: 2 months ago

CVSS Score: 7.5
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Identifiers: GHSA-hjf3-r7gw-9rwg, CVE-2012-2921
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://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2012-0157
• http://freecode.com/projects/feedparser/releases/344371
• 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

Blast Radius: 31.7

Affected Packages