Buffer Overflow Affecting pypxe package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    Exploit Maturity
    Proof of concept
    EPSS
    0.04% (11th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-PYTHON-PYPXE-6734632
  • published 30 Apr 2024
  • disclosed 29 Apr 2024
  • credit grandnew

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for PyPXE.

Overview

PyPXE is a Pure Python PXE (DHCP-(Proxy)/TFTP/HTTP/NBD) Server

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Buffer Overflow via the handle function in the tftp module, when parsing a packet of insufficient length.. An attacker can cause a denial of service by sending specially crafted packets.

References

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

Recommended
7.5 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    None
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    High