PYSEC-2021-345

Vulnerability from pysec - Published: 2021-09-10 02:15 - Updated: 2021-09-26 23:32
VLAI?
Details

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.

Impacted products
Name purl
rencode pkg:pypi/rencode

{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "rencode",
        "purl": "pkg:pypi/rencode"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "572ff74586d9b1daab904c6f7f7009ce0143bb75"
            }
          ],
          "repo": "https://github.com/aresch/rencode",
          "type": "GIT"
        },
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "1.0.3",
        "1.0.4",
        "1.0.5",
        "1.0.6"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2021-40839",
    "GHSA-gh8j-2pgf-x458"
  ],
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "PYSEC-2021-345",
  "modified": "2021-09-26T23:32:54.963571Z",
  "published": "2021-09-10T02:15:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/aresch/rencode/pull/29"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://pypi.org/project/rencode/#history"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Sep/16"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://github.com/aresch/rencode/commit/572ff74586d9b1daab904c6f7f7009ce0143bb75"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gh8j-2pgf-x458"
    }
  ]
}


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