Bug 1351082 (CVE-2016-5851)

Summary:	CVE-2016-5851 python-docx: XML External Entity Attack
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Adam Mariš <amaris>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG	QA Contact:
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Version:	unspecified	CC:	kushal124
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Fixed In Version:	python-docx 0.8.6	Doc Type:	If docs needed, set a value
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Description Adam Mariš 2016-06-29 07:51:18 UTC

It was reported that python-docx prior to v0.8.6 is vulnerable to XML External Entity (XXE) attack.

CVE request (contains reproducer):

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q2/617

Comment 1 Adam Mariš 2016-06-29 07:51:40 UTC

Created python-docx tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1351083]