GHSA-2ww3-fxvq-293j
Vulnerability from github
Published
2021-09-29 17:14
Modified
2024-10-07 15:09
Summary
NLTK Vulnerable to REDoS
Details

The nltk package is vulnerable to ReDoS (regular expression denial of service). An attacker that is able to provide as an input to the [_read_comparison_block()(https://github.com/nltk/nltk/blob/23f4b1c4b4006b0cb3ec278e801029557cec4e82/nltk/corpus/reader/comparative_sents.py#L259) function in the file nltk/corpus/reader/comparative_sents.py may cause an application to consume an excessive amount of CPU.

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "nltk"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "3.6.4"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2021-3828"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-1333",
      "CWE-697"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2021-09-28T20:49:37Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2021-09-27T13:15:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "The nltk package is vulnerable to ReDoS (regular expression denial of service). An attacker that is able to provide as an input to the [`_read_comparison_block()`(https://github.com/nltk/nltk/blob/23f4b1c4b4006b0cb3ec278e801029557cec4e82/nltk/corpus/reader/comparative_sents.py#L259) function in the file `nltk/corpus/reader/comparative_sents.py` may cause an application to consume an excessive amount of CPU.",
  "id": "GHSA-2ww3-fxvq-293j",
  "modified": "2024-10-07T15:09:21Z",
  "published": "2021-09-29T17:14:53Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3828"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/nltk/nltk/pull/2816"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/nltk/nltk/commit/277711ab1dec729e626b27aab6fa35ea5efbd7e6"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2ww3-fxvq-293j"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/nltk/nltk"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/nltk/PYSEC-2021-356.yaml"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://huntr.dev/bounties/d19aed43-75bc-4a03-91a0-4d0bb516bc32"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V4"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "NLTK Vulnerable to REDoS"
}


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