PyPi: Defusedxml

CVE-2013-1665

Safety vulnerability ID: 33057

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Created at Apr 03, 2013 Updated at Mar 29, 2024
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Advisory

The XML libraries for Python 3.4, 3.3, 3.2, 3.1, 2.7, and 2.6, as used in OpenStack Keystone Essex and Folsom, Django, and possibly other products allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files via an XML external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, aka an XML External Entity (XXE) attack.

Affected package

defusedxml

Latest version: 0.7.1

XML bomb protection for Python stdlib modules

Affected versions

Fixed versions

Vulnerability changelog

The XML libraries for Python 3.4, 3.3, 3.2, 3.1, 2.7, and 2.6, as used in OpenStack Keystone Essex and Folsom, Django, and possibly other products allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files via an XML external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, aka an XML External Entity (XXE) attack.

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Severity Details

CVSS Base Score

MEDIUM 5.0

CVSS v2 Details

MEDIUM 5.0
Access Vector (AV)
NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC)
LOW
Authentication (Au)
NONE
Confidentiality Impact (C)
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact (I)
NONE
Availability Impact (A)
NONE