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Medium
CVE-2012-2921
Universal Feed Parser (aka feedparser or python-feedparser) before 5.1.2 allows...
Vulnerability Description
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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://osvdb.org/81701
- https://code.google.com/p/feedparser/source/browse/trunk/NEWS?spec=svn706&r=706
- https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2012-0157
- https://code.google.com/p/feedparser/source/detail?r=703&path=/trunk/feedparser/feedparser.py
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53654
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:118
- http://freecode.com/projects/feedparser/releases/344371
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49256
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
feedparser
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 3.0, 3.0.1, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 4.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2, 4.1, 5.0, 5.0.1, 5.1, 5.1.2
Timeline
Official Publish:
May 21st, 2012
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.