Timing Attack Affecting websockets package, versions [8.0, 9.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.11% (46th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-PYTHON-WEBSOCKETS-1297182
  • published 28 May 2021
  • disclosed 28 May 2021
  • credit Aymeric Augustin

How to fix?

Upgrade websockets to version 9.1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Timing Attack when HTTP Basic Auth is enabled with basic_auth_protocol_factory. This vulnerability can possibly be exploitable by guessing the password via a timing attack.

References

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

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

5.9 medium