id: PYSEC-2012-14
details: 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.
affected:
- package:
    name: feedparser
    ecosystem: PyPI
    purl: pkg:pypi/feedparser
  ranges:
  - type: ECOSYSTEM
    events:
    - introduced: '0'
    - fixed: 5.1.2
  versions:
  - '4.1'
  - '5.0'
  - 5.0.1
  - '5.1'
  - 5.1.1
references:
- type: WEB
  url: http://freecode.com/projects/feedparser/releases/344371
- type: WEB
  url: https://code.google.com/p/feedparser/source/detail?r=703&path=/trunk/feedparser/feedparser.py
- type: WEB
  url: https://code.google.com/p/feedparser/source/browse/trunk/NEWS?spec=svn706&r=706
- type: WEB
  url: http://osvdb.org/81701
- type: ADVISORY
  url: http://secunia.com/advisories/49256
- type: WEB
  url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53654
- type: WEB
  url: https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2012-0157
- type: ADVISORY
  url: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:118
- type: ADVISORY
  url: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hjf3-r7gw-9rwg
aliases:
- CVE-2012-2921
- GHSA-hjf3-r7gw-9rwg
modified: '2021-08-27T03:22:03.863933Z'
published: '2012-05-21T22:55:00Z'