CVE-2021-40839 (GCVE-0-2021-40839)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-09-10 01:03
Modified
2024-08-04 02:51
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.org https://github.com/aresch/rencode/commit/572ff74586d9b1daab904c6f7f7009ce0143bb75 Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org https://github.com/aresch/rencode/pull/29 Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BMVQRPDVSVZNGGX57CFKCYT3DEYO4QB6/
cve@mitre.org https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MCLETLGVM5DBX6QNHQFW6TWGO5T3DENY/
cve@mitre.org https://pypi.org/project/rencode/#history Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Sep/16 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211008-0001/ Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://github.com/aresch/rencode/commit/572ff74586d9b1daab904c6f7f7009ce0143bb75 Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://github.com/aresch/rencode/pull/29 Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BMVQRPDVSVZNGGX57CFKCYT3DEYO4QB6/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MCLETLGVM5DBX6QNHQFW6TWGO5T3DENY/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://pypi.org/project/rencode/#history Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Sep/16 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211008-0001/ Third Party Advisory
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