Improper Handling of Length Parameter Inconsistency Affecting rdiffweb package, versions [,2.4.8)


0.0
medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low

    Threat Intelligence

    Exploit Maturity Proof of concept
    EPSS 0.09% (35th percentile)
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NVD
7.5 high

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-PYTHON-RDIFFWEB-3033900
  • published 27 Sep 2022
  • disclosed 27 Sep 2022
  • credit Nehalr777

How to fix?

Upgrade rdiffweb to version 2.4.8 or higher.

Overview

rdiffweb is an A web interface to rdiff-backup repositories.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Handling of Length Parameter Inconsistency due to insufficient checks in user input parameters, by allowing an attacker to set a large email address, leading to memory corruption/possible DOS attack.