SB2011041103 - Resource management error in feedparser
Published: April 11, 2011 Updated: August 11, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2011041103
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2011-1156)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
feedparser.py in Universal Feed Parser (aka feedparser or python-feedparser) before 5.0.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed DOCTYPE declaration.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2011-04/msg00026.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/18
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/15/11
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43730
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44074
- http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-1156.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:082
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46867
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=680074
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=684877
- https://code.google.com/p/feedparser/issues/detail?id=91