XML Entity Expansion (XEE) Vulnerability in Python XML Libraries

CVE-2013-1664 · MEDIUM Severity

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

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.

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