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MEDIUM CVSS 2.0
CVE-2013-1664
OpenStack XML DoS
Description

The XML libraries for Python 3.4, 3.3, 3.2, 3.1, 2.7, and 2.6, 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.

INFO

Published Date :

April 3, 2013, 12:55 a.m.

Last Modified :

April 11, 2025, 12:51 a.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !

Source :

[email protected]
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2013-1664 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Openstack folsom
2 Openstack grizzly
3 Openstack cinder_folsom
4 Openstack compute_\(nova\)_essex
5 Openstack compute_\(nova\)_folsom
6 Openstack keystone_essex
1 Djangoproject django
: Total Affected Vendor : 2 | Products : 7
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 2.0 MEDIUM [email protected]
Solution
Multiple OpenStack and Python packages are vulnerable to XML External Entity (XEE) attacks; update them.
  • Update the affected OpenStack packages.
  • Update the affected python-django package.
  • Update the affected python-cinder package.
  • Update the affected python-keystone package.
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2013-1664 has a 5 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2013-1664.

URL Resource
http://blog.python.org/2013/02/announcing-defusedxml-fixes-for-xml.html
http://bugs.python.org/issue17239
http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2013-February/000078.html Vendor Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0657.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0658.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0670.html
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1757-1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/19/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/19/4
https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1100282 Exploit
http://blog.python.org/2013/02/announcing-defusedxml-fixes-for-xml.html
http://bugs.python.org/issue17239
http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2013-February/000078.html Vendor Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0657.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0658.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0670.html
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1757-1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/19/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/19/4
https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1100282 Exploit
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2013-1664 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2013-1664 weaknesses.

CAPEC-8: Buffer Overflow in an API Call Buffer Overflow in an API Call CAPEC-9: Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities CAPEC-10: Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables CAPEC-14: Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow CAPEC-24: Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow CAPEC-42: MIME Conversion MIME Conversion CAPEC-44: Overflow Binary Resource File Overflow Binary Resource File CAPEC-45: Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links CAPEC-46: Overflow Variables and Tags Overflow Variables and Tags CAPEC-47: Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion CAPEC-100: Overflow Buffers Overflow Buffers CAPEC-123: Buffer Manipulation Buffer Manipulation

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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Biswajit2902/defusedxml-norpc

None

Makefile Python CSS Perl PHP Ruby XSLT

Updated: 2 years, 9 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Dec. 7, 2022, 3:24 a.m. This repo has been linked 5 different CVEs too.
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vincent-deng/veracode-container-security-finding-parser

Map Vulnerabilities into Different Layers of the Container Image

Python

Updated: 2 years, 8 months ago
1 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : Oct. 5, 2022, 12:07 p.m. This repo has been linked 1277 different CVEs too.
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deepin-community/defusedxml

None

Makefile Python Perl PHP Ruby CSS XSLT

Updated: 1 year, 10 months ago
1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Sept. 28, 2022, 6:24 a.m. This repo has been linked 5 different CVEs too.
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pexip/os-defusedxml

Packaging for defusedxml

Makefile Python Perl PHP Ruby CSS

Updated: 3 years, 3 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : June 9, 2021, 4:02 p.m. This repo has been linked 5 different CVEs too.
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tiran/defusedxml

None

Makefile Python Perl PHP Ruby CSS XSLT

Updated: 1 month, 2 weeks ago
520 stars 53 fork 53 watcher
Born at : Feb. 13, 2016, 2:44 p.m. This repo has been linked 6 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2013-1664 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

Results are limited to the first 20 news articles due to potential performance issues.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2013-1664 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://blog.python.org/2013/02/announcing-defusedxml-fixes-for-xml.html
    Added Reference http://bugs.python.org/issue17239
    Added Reference http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2013-February/000078.html
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0657.html
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0658.html
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0670.html
    Added Reference http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1757-1
    Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/19/2
    Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/19/4
    Added Reference https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1100282
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 03, 2013

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 5
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

3.34 }} 0.53%

score

0.86898

percentile