feedparser CVE-2012-2921 Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	53654
Class:	Design Error
CVE:	CVE-2012-2921
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	May 22 2012 12:00AM
Updated:	Apr 13 2015 09:51PM
Credit:	This issue was disclosed in an Ubuntu advisory.
Vulnerable:	Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 12.04 LTS i386 Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 12.04 LTS amd64 Mandriva Business Server 1 X86 64 Mandriva Business Server 1 feedparser feedparser 5.0.1 feedparser feedparser 5.0 feedparser feedparser 0
Not Vulnerable:	feedparser feedparser 5.1.2

feedparser CVE-2012-2921 Denial of Service Vulnerability

feedparser is prone to a vulnerability.

Successful exploits may allow an attacker to cause an affected application to consume excessive amounts of memory, resulting in a denial-of-service condition.

Versions prior to feedparser 5.1.2 are vulnerable.

feedparser CVE-2012-2921 Denial of Service Vulnerability

Currently, we are not aware of any working exploits. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

feedparser CVE-2012-2921 Denial of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references for more information.


Mandriva Business Server 1 X86 64

• Mandriva python-feedparser-5.1.2-1.mbs1.noarch.rpm
  http://www.mandriva.com/en/downloads/

feedparser CVE-2012-2921 Denial of Service Vulnerability

References:

• feedparser Homepage (feedparser)
  
• Prevent ENTITY declarations from hiding in encoded documents (feedparser)
  
• Version 5.1.2 of feedparser (feedparser )