Information disclosure in OpenStack Folsom
CVE-2013-1665
The XML libraries for Python 3.4, 3.3, 3.2, 3.1, 2.7, and 2.6, as used in OpenStack Keystone Essex and Folsom, Django, and possibly other products allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files via an XML external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, aka an XML External Entity (XXE) attack.
Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.045 (91.4th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 91st percentile — 91.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.046 · newest: 0.045 · change: -0.001
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/19/4 (mailing-list)
- lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2013-February/000078.html (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0658.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/19/2 (mailing-list)
- ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1757-1 (vendor-advisory)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0657.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2634 (vendor-advisory)
- blog.python.org/2013/02/announcing-defusedxml-fixes-for-xml.html
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0670.html (vendor-advisory)
- bugs.python.org/issue17239
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2013-1665?
- CVE-2013-1665 is a vulnerability in OpenStack Folsom, classified under Information Disclosure. Published 2013-04-03.
- Is CVE-2013-1665 known to be exploited?
- 5 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.