USN-1449-1: feedparser vulnerability
Publication date
22 May 2012
Overview
Applications using feedparser could be made to crash if they fetched a specially crafted feed.
Releases
Packages
- feedparser - Universal Feed Parser for Python
Details
It was discovered that feedparser did not properly sanitize ENTITY
declarations in encoded fields. A remote attacker could exploit this to
cause a denial of service via memory exhaustion.
It was discovered that feedparser did not properly sanitize ENTITY
declarations in encoded fields. A remote attacker could exploit this to
cause a denial of service via memory exhaustion.
Update instructions
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
Learn more about how to get the fixes.The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
| Ubuntu Release | Package Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 12.04 precise | python3-feedparser – 5.1-0ubuntu3.1 | ||
| python-feedparser – 5.1-0ubuntu3.1 | |||
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