pysec - pysec-2021-356

pysec-2021-356

Vulnerability from pysec

Published

2021-09-27 13:15

Modified

2021-10-01 22:29

Details

nltk is vulnerable to Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity

Impacted products

Name	purl
nltk	pkg:pypi/nltk

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        "name": "nltk",
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  "published": "2021-09-27T13:15:00Z",
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    }
  ]
}

CVE-2021-3828 (GCVE-0-2021-3828)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2021-09-27 12:25

Modified

2024-08-03 17:09

Severity ?

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

CWE

CWE-1333 - Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity

Summary

nltk is vulnerable to Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity

References

URL

Tags

	https://huntr.dev/bounties/d19aed43-75bc-4a03-91a0-4d0bb516bc32	x_refsource_CONFIRM
	https://github.com/nltk/nltk/commit/277711ab1dec729e626b27aab6fa35ea5efbd7e6	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	nltk	nltk/nltk	Version: unspecified <

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ghsa-2ww3-fxvq-293j

Vulnerability from github

Published

2021-09-29 17:14

Modified

2024-10-07 15:09

Severity ?

7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/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

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"
            },
            {
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            }
          ],
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        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "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",
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      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3828"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/nltk/nltk/pull/2816"
    },
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    },
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    },
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      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/nltk/nltk"
    },
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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
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  ],
  "summary": "NLTK Vulnerable to REDoS"
}

Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date

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Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or seen somewhere by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability is confirmed from an analyst perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: This vulnerability was exploited and seen by the user reporting the sighting.
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-2021-356

Vulnerability from pysec

CVE-2021-3828 (GCVE-0-2021-3828)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

ghsa-2ww3-fxvq-293j

Vulnerability from github

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