CVE-2021-40839

Description

The rencode package through 1.0.6 for Python allows an infinite loop in typecode decoding (such as via ;\x2f\x7f), enabling a remote attack that consumes CPU and memory.

References

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211008-0001/

https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Sep/16

https://pypi.org/project/rencode/#history

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MCLETLGVM5DBX6QNHQFW6TWGO5T3DENY/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BMVQRPDVSVZNGGX57CFKCYT3DEYO4QB6/

https://github.com/aresch/rencode/pull/29

https://github.com/aresch/rencode/commit/572ff74586d9b1daab904c6f7f7009ce0143bb75

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3