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PYSEC-2020-231

Vulnerability from pysec - Published: 2020-01-28 23:15 - Updated: 2021-08-27 03:22

Details

Feedgen (python feedgen) before 0.9.0 is susceptible to XML Denial of Service attacks. The feedgen library allows supplying XML as content for some of the available fields. This XML will be parsed and integrated into the existing XML tree. During this process, feedgen is vulnerable to XML Denial of Service Attacks (e.g. XML Bomb). This becomes a concern in particular if feedgen is used to include content from untrused sources and if XML (including XHTML) is directly included instead of providing plain tex content only. This problem has been fixed in feedgen 0.9.0 which disallows XML entity expansion and external resources.

Impacted products

Name	purl
feedgen	pkg:pypi/feedgen

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CVE-2020-5227 (GCVE-0-2020-5227)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-01-28 22:40 – Updated: 2024-08-04 08:22

Title

Feedgen Vulnerable to XML Denial of Service Attacks

Summary

Feedgen (python feedgen) before 0.9.0 is susceptible to XML Denial of Service attacks. The *feedgen* library allows supplying XML as content for some of the available fields. This XML will be parsed and integrated into the existing XML tree. During this process, feedgen is vulnerable to XML Denial of Service Attacks (e.g. XML Bomb). This becomes a concern in particular if feedgen is used to include content from untrused sources and if XML (including XHTML) is directly included instead of providing plain tex content only. This problem has been fixed in feedgen 0.9.0 which disallows XML entity expansion and external resources.

Severity

4.4 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE

CWE-776 - Improper Restriction of Recursive Entity References in DTDs ('XML Entity Expansion')

Assigner

GitHub_M mitre root Scorecard

References

4 references

URL	Tags
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https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/archive/msdn-mag…	x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/lkiesow/python-feedgen/commit/…	x_refsource_MISC
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/pac…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
lkiesow	python-feedgen	Affected: < 0.9.0

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GHSA-G8Q7-XV52-HF9F

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2020-01-28 22:37 – Updated: 2024-09-20 17:44

Summary

Feedgen Vulnerable to XML Denial of Service Attacks

Details

Impact

The feedgen library allows supplying XML as content for some of the available fields. This XML will be parsed and integrated into the existing XML tree. During this process, feedgen is vulnerable to XML Denial of Service Attacks (e.g. XML Bomb).

This becomes a concern in particular if feedgen is used to include content from untrused sources and if XML (including XHTML) is directly included instead of providing plain tex content only.

Patches

This problem has been fixed in feedgen 0.9.0 which disallows XML entity expansion and external resources.

Workarounds

Updating is strongly recommended and should not be problematic. Nevertheless, as a workaround, avoid providing XML directly to feedgen or ensure that no entity expansion is part of the XML.

References

For more information

If you have any questions or comments about this advisory: - Open an issue in lkiesow/python-feedgen - Send an email to security@lkiesow.de

Severity

4.4 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

5.9 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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  "details": "### Impact\n\nThe *feedgen* library allows supplying XML as content for some of the available fields. This XML will be parsed and integrated into the existing XML tree. During this process, feedgen is vulnerable to [XML Denial of Service Attacks](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/archive/msdn-magazine/2009/november/xml-denial-of-service-attacks-and-defenses) (e.g. XML Bomb).\n\nThis becomes a concern in particular if feedgen is used to include content from untrused sources and if XML (including XHTML) is directly included instead of providing plain tex content only.\n\n### Patches\n\nThis problem has been fixed in feedgen 0.9.0 which disallows XML entity expansion and external resources.\n\n### Workarounds\n\nUpdating is strongly recommended and should not be problematic. Nevertheless, as a workaround, avoid providing XML directly to feedgen or ensure that no entity expansion is part of the XML. \n\n### References\n\n- [Security Briefs - XML Denial of Service Attacks and Defenses](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/archive/msdn-magazine/2009/november/xml-denial-of-service-attacks-and-defenses)\n- [Billion laughs attack](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billion_laughs_attack#cite_note-2)\n\n### For more information\n\nIf you have any questions or comments about this advisory:\n- Open an issue in [lkiesow/python-feedgen](https://github.com/lkiesow/python-feedgen/issues)\n- Send an email to security@lkiesow.de",
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PYSEC-2020-231

CVE-2020-5227 (GCVE-0-2020-5227)

GHSA-G8Q7-XV52-HF9F

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