Executive Summary
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Title | feedparser vulnerability |
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | USN-1449-1 | First vendor Publication | 2012-05-22 |
| Vendor | Ubuntu | Last vendor Modification | 2012-05-22 |
| Severity (Vendor) | N/A | Revision | N/A |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3
| Cvss vector : N/A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall CVSS Score | NA | ||
| Base Score | NA | Environmental Score | NA |
| impact SubScore | NA | Temporal Score | NA |
| Exploitabality Sub Score | NA | ||
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2
| Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cvss Base Score | 5 | Attack Range | Network |
| Cvss Impact Score | 2.9 | Attack Complexity | Low |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 10 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
| A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Summary: Applications using feedparser could be made to crash if they fetched a specially crafted feed. Software Description: - feedparser: Universal Feed Parser for Python Details: It was discovered that feedparser did not properly sanitize ENTITY declarations in encoded fields. A remote attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of service via memory exhaustion. Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. References: Package Information: |
Original Source
| Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1449-1 |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
| % | Id | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 100 % | CWE-399 | Resource Management Errors |
OVAL Definitions
| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17556 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17556 | ||
| Title: | USN-1449-1 -- feedparser vulnerability | ||
| Description: | Applications using feedparser could be made to crash if they fetched a specially crafted feed. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
| Reference(s): | USN-1449-1 CVE-2012-2921 | Version: | 7 |
| Platform(s): | Ubuntu 12.04 | Product(s): | feedparser |
| Definition Synopsis: | |||
CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
OpenVAS Exploits
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2012-08-30 | Name : Fedora Update for python-feedparser FEDORA-2012-8291 File : nvt/gb_fedora_2012_8291_python-feedparser_fc17.nasl |
| 2012-05-25 | Name : Ubuntu Update for feedparser USN-1449-1 File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_1449_1.nasl |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2013-04-20 | Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing a security update. File : mandriva_MDVSA-2013-118.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2012-06-04 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2012-8291.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2012-05-23 | Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : ubuntu_USN-1449-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
|---|---|
| 2014-02-17 12:00:07 |
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