CVE-2013-1664

Published: Apr 3, 2013Modified: Apr 29, 2026

5.0

Vector

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

Exploitability: 10.0 / Impact: 2.9

Source: NVD

Description

The 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.

Affected (6)

Products: Openstack: Cinder Folsom, Compute (nova) Essex, Compute (nova) Folsom, Folsom, Grizzly, Keystone Essex

6 products

Compute (nova) Essex

Compute (nova) Folsom

Configuration A

6 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Openstack Cinder Folsom	All versions
Openstack Compute (nova) Essex	All versions
Openstack Compute (nova) Folsom	All versions
Openstack Folsom	All versions
Openstack Grizzly	All versions
Openstack Keystone Essex	All versions

Related CWEs

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

References (20)

http://blog.python.org/2013/02/announcing-defusedxml-fixes-for-xml.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://bugs.python.org/issue17239

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2013-February/000078.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0657.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0658.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0670.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1757-1

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/19/2

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/19/4

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1100282

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit

http://blog.python.org/2013/02/announcing-defusedxml-fixes-for-xml.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://bugs.python.org/issue17239

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2013-February/000078.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Vendor Advisory

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0657.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0658.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0670.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1757-1

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/19/2

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/19/4

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1100282

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Exploit

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