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rdiffweb's unlimited username field length can lead to DoS

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published Sep 27, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 28, 2023

Package

pip rdiffweb (pip)

Affected versions

< 2.4.8

Patched versions

2.4.8

Description

rdiffweb prior to 2.4.8 is vulnerable to a potential Dos attack via an unlimited length "username" field. This can result in excess memory consumption, or memory corruption, leading to a Denial of Service (DoS). This issue is patched in version 2.4.8. There are no known workarounds.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Sep 26, 2022
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Sep 27, 2022
Reviewed Sep 30, 2022
Last updated Jan 28, 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-2022-3290

GHSA ID

GHSA-5v95-j4rr-6f3c

Source code

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