cve-2024-49769
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2024-10-29 14:18
Modified
2024-11-17 00:11
Severity ?
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
Waitress has a denial of service leading to high CPU usage/resource exhaustion
References
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/Pylons/waitress/commit/1ae4e894c9f76543bee06584001583fc6fa8c95cPatch
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/Pylons/waitress/issues/418Issue Tracking
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/Pylons/waitress/pull/435Patch
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/Pylons/waitress/security/advisories/GHSA-3f84-rpwh-47g6Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/11/msg00012.html
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