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rdiffweb's lack of token name length limit can result in DoS or memory corruption

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published Oct 1, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 27, 2023

Package

pip rdiffweb (pip)

Affected versions

< 2.5.0a3

Patched versions

2.5.0a3

Description

rdiffweb prior to 2.5.0a3 is vulnerable to Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. A lack of limit in the length of the Token name parameter can result in denial of service or memory corruption. Version 2.5.0a3 fixes this issue.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Sep 30, 2022
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Oct 1, 2022
Reviewed Oct 3, 2022
Last updated Jan 27, 2023

Severity

High
7.5
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2022-3371

GHSA ID

GHSA-3fhq-72hw-jqwv

Source code

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