Denial of Service (DoS) Affecting python package, versions [2.7.0,2.7.9)[3.2.0,3.2.6)[3.3.0,3.3.6)[3.4.0,3.4.3)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
4.01% (90th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-PYTHON-2317728
  • published14 Dec 2021
  • disclosed11 Mar 2020
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 11 Mar 2020

CVE-2013-1753  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade python to version 2.7.9, 3.2.6, 3.3.6, 3.4.3 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS). The gzip_decode function in the xmlrpc client library allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted HTTP request.

References

CVSS Base Scores

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