GitHub Advisory DatabaseGHSA-QRH7-X6FP-C2MPXML Entity Expansion (XEE) in Django
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
94.6%
The XML libraries for Python, 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.
Affected configurations
References
blog.python.org/2013/02/announcing-defusedxml-fixes-for-xml.html
bugs.python.org/issue17239
lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2013-February/000078.html
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0657.html
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0658.html
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0670.html
ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1757-1
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/19/2
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/19/4
bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1100282
github.com/advisories/GHSA-qrh7-x6fp-c2mp
github.com/django/django/commit/1c60d07ba23e0350351c278ad28d0bd5aa410b40
github.com/django/django/commit/d19a27066b2247102e65412aa66917aff0091112
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1664
Related
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
94.6%