USN-1449-1: feedparser vulnerability
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1449-1
22nd May, 2012
feedparser vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Summary
Applications using feedparser could be made to crash if they fetched a specially crafted feed.
Software description
- feedparser - Universal Feed Parser for Python
Details
It was discovered that feedparser did not properly sanitize ENTITY
declarations in encoded fields. A remote attacker could exploit this to
cause a denial of service via memory exhaustion.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version:
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
- python3-feedparser 5.1-0ubuntu3.1
- python-feedparser 5.1-0ubuntu3.1
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.