CVE-2012-2921

N/A Unknown

Published: May 21, 2012 Modified: April 29, 2026

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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://freecode.com/projects/feedparser/releases/344371

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://osvdb.org/81701

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/49256

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:118

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53654

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://code.google.com/p/feedparser/source/browse/trunk/NEWS?spec=svn706&r=706

Source: cve@mitre.org

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2012-0157

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://freecode.com/projects/feedparser/releases/344371