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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2013-118

Posted on 11 April 2013
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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDVSA-2013:118
http://www.mandriva.com/en/support/security/
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Package : python-feedparser
Date : April 10, 2013
Affected: Business Server 1.0
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Problem Description:

Updated python-feedparser package fixes security vulnerability:

Universal Feed Parser (aka feedparser or python-feedparser) before
5.1.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory
consumption) via a crafted XML ENTITY declaration in a non-ASCII
encoded document (CVE-2012-2921).
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References:

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-2921
https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2012-0157
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Updated Packages:

Mandriva Business Server 1/X86_64:
1b570eafb2641697e940bf970e5a9f0c mbs1/x86_64/python-feedparser-5.1.2-1.mbs1.noarch.rpm
369d5d4b737303d0ae792c05930300e2 mbs1/SRPMS/python-feedparser-5.1.2-1.mbs1.src.rpm
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To upgrade automatically use MandrivaUpdate or urpmi. The verification
of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

All packages are signed by Mandriva for security. You can obtain the
GPG public key of the Mandriva Security Team by executing:

gpg --recv-keys --keyserver pgp.mit.edu 0x22458A98

You can view other update advisories for Mandriva Linux at:

http://www.mandriva.com/en/support/security/advisories/

If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact

security_(at)_mandriva.com
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Type Bits/KeyID Date User ID
pub 1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Mandriva Security Team
<security*mandriva.com>
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