SB2013061005 - Fedora EPEL 6 update for python-feedparser
Published: June 10, 2013 Updated: April 24, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2013061005
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2012-2921)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
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.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.