CVE-2013-1664

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Summary

CVECVE-2013-1664
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-04-03 00:55:02 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Openstack Cinder Folsom - All All All
Application Openstack Compute Nova Essex - All All All
Application Openstack Compute Nova Folsom - All All All
Application Openstack Folsom - All All All
Application Openstack Grizzly - All All All
Application Openstack Keystone Essex - All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Bug #1100282 “[OSSA 2013-004] DoS through XML entity expansion (...” : Bugs : OpenStack Compute (nova) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.launchpad.net Exploit
oss-security - [OSSA 2013-004] Information leak and Denial of Service using XML entities (CVE-2013-1664, CVE-2013-1665) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
oss-security - REJECT CVE-2013-0278, CVE-2013-0279 and CVE-2013-0280 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Python Insider: Announcing defusedxml, Fixes for XML Security Issues af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 blog.python.org
OpenStack Open Source Cloud Computing Software » Message: [openstack-announce] [OSSA 2013-004] Information leak and Denial of Service using XML entities (CVE-2013-1664, CVE-2013-1665) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.openstack.org Vendor Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
USN-1757-1: Django vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ubuntu.com
Issue 17239: XML vulnerabilities in Python - Python tracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.python.org
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
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