FKIE_CVE-2012-2921

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2012-05-21 22:55 - Updated: 2025-04-11 00:51
Severity ?
Summary
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
cve@mitre.orghttp://freecode.com/projects/feedparser/releases/344371
cve@mitre.orghttp://osvdb.org/81701
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/49256
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:118
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53654
cve@mitre.orghttps://code.google.com/p/feedparser/source/browse/trunk/NEWS?spec=svn706&r=706
cve@mitre.orghttps://code.google.com/p/feedparser/source/detail?r=703&path=/trunk/feedparser/feedparser.py
cve@mitre.orghttps://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2012-0157
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://freecode.com/projects/feedparser/releases/344371
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://osvdb.org/81701
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/49256
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:118
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53654
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://code.google.com/p/feedparser/source/browse/trunk/NEWS?spec=svn706&r=706
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://code.google.com/p/feedparser/source/detail?r=703&path=/trunk/feedparser/feedparser.py
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2012-0157
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
mark_pilgrim feedparser *
mark_pilgrim feedparser 3.0
mark_pilgrim feedparser 3.0.1
mark_pilgrim feedparser 3.1
mark_pilgrim feedparser 3.2
mark_pilgrim feedparser 3.3
mark_pilgrim feedparser 4.0
mark_pilgrim feedparser 4.0.1
mark_pilgrim feedparser 4.0.2
mark_pilgrim feedparser 4.1
mark_pilgrim feedparser 5.0
mark_pilgrim feedparser 5.0.1
mark_pilgrim feedparser 5.1
mark_pilgrim feedparser 5.1.2
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  "lastModified": "2025-04-11T00:51:21.963",
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