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.
CVE-2013-1664
- No confirmed exploitation signals yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- —
- EG Score
- 0.0(none)
- EPSS
- 91.0%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
April 3, 2013
Last Modified
April 29, 2026
References (20)
- cve@mitrehttp://blog.python.org/2013/02/announcing-defusedxml-fixes-for-xml.html
- cve@mitrehttp://bugs.python.org/issue17239
- cve@mitrehttp://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2013-February/000078.html
- cve@mitrehttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0657.html
- cve@mitrehttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0658.html
- cve@mitrehttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0670.html
- cve@mitrehttp://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1757-1
- cve@mitrehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/19/2
- cve@mitrehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/19/4
- cve@mitrehttps://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1100282
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://blog.python.org/2013/02/announcing-defusedxml-fixes-for-xml.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://bugs.python.org/issue17239
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2013-February/000078.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0657.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0658.html
Patch Availability(8)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | python-nova (2012.1.3+stable-20120827-4d2a4afe-0ubuntu1.2) @ precise | 2026-05-29 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | python-keystone (2012.2.1-0ubuntu1.2) @ quantal | 2026-05-29 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | python-cinder (2012.2.1-0ubuntu1.1) @ quantal | 2026-05-29 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | python-django (1.3.1-4ubuntu1.6) @ precise | 2026-05-29 | ubuntu |
| redhat | openstack-cinder-0:2012.2.3-4.el6ost | 2013-03-21 | redhat |
| redhat | Django14-0:1.4.4-1.el6ost | 2013-03-21 | redhat |
| redhat | openstack-nova-0:2012.2.3-4.el6ost | 2013-03-21 | redhat |
| redhat | openstack-keystone-0:2012.2.3-3.el6ost | 2013-03-05 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(1 across 1 ecosystem)
PyPI(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| django | 1.4, 1.4.1, 1.4.2, 1.4.3 | 1.4.4 | — |
All Vendor Advisories
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Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.
- Red HatRHSA-2013:0596MODERATE2013-02-19
RHSA-2013:0596 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2013:0657MODERATE2013-02-19
RHSA-2013:0657 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2013:0658MODERATE2013-02-19
RHSA-2013:0658 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2013:0670MODERATE2013-02-19
RHSA-2013:0670 — Moderate
- UbuntuUSN-1730-1MEDIUM
OpenStack Keystone vulnerabilities
- UbuntuUSN-1731-1MEDIUM
OpenStack Cinder vulnerability
- UbuntuUSN-1734-1MEDIUM
OpenStack Nova vulnerability
- UbuntuUSN-1757-1MEDIUM
Django vulnerabilities
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