CVE-2013-1664
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.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Mitigation details
CVE-2013-1664 NameCVE-2013-1664 DescriptionThe 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. SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT,…
CVE-2013-1664
| Name | CVE-2013-1664 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 700948, 700949, 700950 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| cinder (PTS) | bullseye | 2:17.0.1-1+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 2:17.4.0-1~deb11u2 | fixed | |
| bookworm, bookworm (security) | 2:21.3.1-1~deb12u1 | fixed | |
| trixie | 2:26.0.0-2 | fixed | |
| forky, sid | 2:28.0.0-1 | fixed | |
| keystone (PTS) | bullseye | 2:18.0.0-3+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 2:18.1.0-1+deb11u3 | fixed | |
| bookworm, bookworm (security) | 2:22.0.2-0+deb12u1 | fixed | |
| trixie (security), trixie | 2:27.0.0-3+deb13u1 | fixed | |
| forky, sid | 2:29.0.1-1 | fixed | |
| nova (PTS) | bullseye | 2:22.0.1-2+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 2:22.4.0-1~deb11u7 | fixed | |
| bookworm, bookworm (security) | 2:26.2.2-1~deb12u4 | fixed | |
| trixie (security), trixie | 2:31.0.0-6+deb13u2 | fixed | |
| forky | 2:33.0.1-1 | fixed | |
| sid | 2:33.0.1-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cinder | source | (unstable) | 2012.2.3-1 | 700950 | ||
| keystone | source | (unstable) | 2012.1.1-13 | 700948 | ||
| nova | source | (unstable) | 2012.1.1-13 | 700949 |
OS impact
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 2012.2.3-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 2012.2.3-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 2012.2.3-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 2012.2.3-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 2012.2.3-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| openstack | cinder_folsom | - | |
| openstack | compute_\(nova\)_essex | - | |
| openstack | compute_\(nova\)_folsom | - | |
| openstack | folsom | - | |
| openstack | grizzly | - | |
| openstack | keystone_essex | - | |
References
- http://blog.python.org/2013/02/announcing-defusedxml-fixes-for-xml.html
- http://bugs.python.org/issue17239
- http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2013-February/000078.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0657.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0658.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0670.html
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1757-1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/19/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/19/4
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1100282
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1664
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/1c60d07ba23e0350351c278ad28d0bd5aa410b40
- https://github.com/django/django/commit/d19a27066b2247102e65412aa66917aff0091112
- https://github.com/django/django
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-1664
CWEs
CWE-119
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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