Resource management error in feedparser - CVE-2011-1156
Published: April 11, 2011 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU45130
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2011-1156
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
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.
Affected software
feedparser
Fedora
python-djblets
python-feedparser
Fedora
python-djblets
python-feedparser
How to mitigate CVE-2011-1156
Install update from vendor's website.
python-djblets - addressed in versions 0.6.10-2.el5, 0.6.22-2.el6
python-feedparser - addressed in versions 5.0.1-1.el5, 5.0.1-1.el6
python-feedparser - addressed in versions 5.0.1-1.el5, 5.0.1-1.el6
External 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