XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in Python XML libraries

CVE-2013-1665 · MEDIUM Severity

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

The XML libraries for Python 3.4, 3.3, 3.2, 3.1, 2.7, and 2.6, as used in OpenStack Keystone Essex and Folsom, Django, and possibly other products allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files via an XML external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, aka an XML External Entity (XXE) attack.

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