CVE-2012-2921

Publication date 21 May 2012

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

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.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
feedparser	13.10 saucy	Fixed 5.1-0ubuntu4
	13.04 raring	Fixed 5.1-0ubuntu4
	12.10 quantal	Fixed 5.1-0ubuntu4
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 5.1-0ubuntu3.1
	11.10 oneiric	Ignored end of life
	11.04 natty	Ignored end of life
	10.04 LTS lucid	Ignored end of life
	8.04 LTS hardy	Ignored end of life

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
feedparser	Upstream: https://code.google.com/p/feedparser/source/detail?r=703&path=/trunk/feedparser/feedparser.py

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-1449-1
feedparser vulnerability
22 May 2012