Bug 1351082 (CVE-2016-5851) - CVE-2016-5851 python-docx: XML External Entity Attack
Summary: CVE-2016-5851 python-docx: XML External Entity Attack
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: CVE-2016-5851
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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high
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1351083
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2016-06-29 07:51 UTC by Adam Mariš
Modified: 2019-09-29 13:52 UTC (History)
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Fixed In Version: python-docx 0.8.6
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Last Closed: 2016-06-29 07:52:46 UTC
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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]
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