Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting cgi package, versions <0.3.5.1>=0.3.6, <0.3.7>=0.4.0, <0.4.2
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- published4 Mar 2025
- disclosed3 Mar 2025
- creditlio346
Introduced: 3 Mar 2025
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How to fix?
Upgrade cgi to version 0.3.5.1, 0.3.7, 0.4.2 or higher.
Overview
cgi is a Support for the Common Gateway Interface protocol.
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling via the Cookie.parse method. An attacker can cause nonlinear resource consumption by providing a malicious cooke.