CVE-2013-1664: XML Entity Expansion (XEE) in Django

May 17, 2022 (updated May 21, 2024)

The XML libraries for Python, 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.

References

bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1100282
github.com/advisories/GHSA-qrh7-x6fp-c2mp
github.com/django/django
github.com/django/django/commit/1c60d07ba23e0350351c278ad28d0bd5aa410b40
github.com/django/django/commit/d19a27066b2247102e65412aa66917aff0091112
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1664

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