pysec - pysec-2018-79

pysec-2018-79

Vulnerability from pysec

Published

2018-06-26 16:29

Modified

2021-08-25 04:30

Details

aaugustin websockets version 4 contains a CWE-409: Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification) vulnerability in Servers and clients, unless configured with compression=None that can result in Denial of Service by memory exhaustion. This attack appear to be exploitable via Sending a specially crafted frame on an established connection. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 5.

Impacted products

Name	purl
websockets	pkg:pypi/websockets

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      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "websockets",
        "purl": "pkg:pypi/websockets"
      },
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            }
          ],
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        }
      ],
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        "1.0",
        "2.0",
        "2.1",
        "2.2",
        "2.3",
        "2.4",
        "2.5",
        "2.6",
        "2.7",
        "3.0",
        "3.1",
        "3.2",
        "3.3",
        "3.4",
        "4.0",
        "4.0.1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2018-1000518",
    "GHSA-6g87-ff9q-v847"
  ],
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  "id": "PYSEC-2018-79",
  "modified": "2021-08-25T04:30:36.925398Z",
  "published": "2018-06-26T16:29:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
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    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6g87-ff9q-v847"
    }
  ]
}

CVE-2018-1000518 (GCVE-0-2018-1000518)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2018-06-26 16:00

Modified

2024-08-05 12:40

Severity ?

CWE

Summary

References

URL

Tags

https://github.com/aaugustin/websockets/pull/407

x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	n/a	n/a	Version: n/a

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ghsa-6g87-ff9q-v847

Vulnerability from github

Published

2018-09-17 20:46

Modified

2024-11-19 18:06

Severity ?

7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
8.7 (High) - 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

Summary

websockets is vulnerable to denial of service by memory exhaustion

Details

The Python websockets library version 4 contains a CWE-409: Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification) vulnerability in Servers and clients, unless configured with compression=None that can result in Denial of Service by memory exhaustion. This attack appears to be exploitable via sending a specially crafted frame on an established connection. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in version 5.0

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "websockets"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "4.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "5.0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2018-1000518"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-400"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2020-06-16T21:19:15Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2018-06-26T16:29:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
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  "id": "GHSA-6g87-ff9q-v847",
  "modified": "2024-11-19T18:06:51Z",
  "published": "2018-09-17T20:46:52Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1000518"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/aaugustin/websockets/pull/407"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/aaugustin/websockets"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/websockets/PYSEC-2018-79.yaml"
    }
  ],
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  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
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      "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": "websockets is vulnerable to denial of service by memory exhaustion"
}

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Author	Source	Type	Date

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Confirmed: The vulnerability is confirmed from an analyst perspective.
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Patched: This vulnerability was successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.
Not exploited: This vulnerability was not exploited or seen by the user reporting the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expresses doubt about the veracity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: This vulnerability was not successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.

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pysec-2018-79

Vulnerability from pysec

CVE-2018-1000518 (GCVE-0-2018-1000518)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

ghsa-6g87-ff9q-v847

Vulnerability from github

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