Description

The rencode package through 1.0.6 for Python allows an infinite loop in typecode decoding (such as via ;\x2f\x7f), enabling a remote attack that consumes CPU and memory.

Related CPE's

a

rencode_project

rencode

*

*

*

*

*

python

Vulnerable

o

fedoraproject

fedora

2

References

https://github.com/aresch/rencode/commit/572ff74586d9b1daab904c6f7f7009ce0143bb75

PatchThird Party Advisory

https://github.com/aresch/rencode/pull/29

PatchThird Party Advisory

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BMVQRPDVSVZNGGX57CFKCYT3DEYO4QB6/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MCLETLGVM5DBX6QNHQFW6TWGO5T3DENY/

https://pypi.org/project/rencode/#history

Third Party Advisory

https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Sep/16

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211008-0001/

Third Party Advisory

Weaknesses

[email protected]

Primary
CWE-835

CVSS impact metrics

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

7.5 · High

  • CVSS V3.1

  • CVSS V3.0

  • CVSS V2.0

Information

Source identifier

[email protected]

Vulnerability status

Modified

Published

2021-09-10T02:15:07.933

3 years ago

Last modified

2023-11-07T03:38:46.930

1 year ago