Description
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: 2013-04-03
Score: 5.0 Medium
EPSS: 3.9% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-5025 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.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-qrh7-x6fp-c2mp XML Entity Expansion (XEE) in Django
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1730-1 OpenStack Keystone vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1731-1 OpenStack Cinder vulnerability
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1734-1 OpenStack Nova vulnerability
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1757-1 Django vulnerabilities
History

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{'score': 0.03646}

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Subscriptions

Openstack Cinder Folsom Compute \(nova\) Essex Compute \(nova\) Folsom Folsom Grizzly Keystone Essex
Redhat Openstack
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T15:13:32.247Z

Reserved: 2013-02-13T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2013-1664

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2013-04-03T00:55:02.177

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2013-1664

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2013-02-19T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2013-1664 - Bugzilla

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Weaknesses